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PACE NEWS Proudly Sponsors the 2026 NCNW Black Family Reunion
Free July 25 celebration will unite families through culture, education, entertainment and economic development LOS ANGELES—PACE NEWS is proud to serve as a community sponsor of the NCNW Southern California Coalition Black Family Reunion, taking place Saturday, July 25, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 3720 West 54th Street in Los Angeles. The…
Read MoreProcrastination Crenshaw: Black Los Angeles Is Sick and Tired of Waiting
Destination Crenshaw was promised as a monument to Black culture and economic power. Five years later, the community deserves completion, contracts, transparency—and respect. By Dr. Gloria Zuurveen Publisher, PACE NEWS The Southern Truth There comes a time when patience stops being a virtue and starts becoming permission for those in power to continue postponing what…
Read MorePACE Sounds The Alarm: Children Are Not Currency
By Parent Action Coalition for Education (PACE) “Educate to Elevate” There is a cry rising from California’s foster-care system—a cry from children whose voices are too often buried beneath sealed courtrooms, confidential files, government contracts and professional fees. A June 2026 citizens’ “Call to Action” directed to the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors presents…
Read MorePACE Requests Federal Civil Rights Inquiry into Police Shooting Death of Baby Kohen Wiley in Senatobia
DOJ Civil Rights Report No. 801660-CXK seeks review of evidence preservation, police hiring practices, supervision, accountability, and community protection from retaliation. Parent Action Coalition for Education (PACE), a nonprofit organization that advocates on behalf of youth, parents, families, and communities, has submitted a formal civil-rights report to the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights…
Read MoreTHE SOUTHERN TRUTH Take, Take, Take — America at 250: Freedom for Whom?
By Dr. Gloria Zuurveen, Editor-in-Chief As America prepares to celebrate 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the question that must rise above the fireworks, flags, speeches, parades, and patriotic songs is this: Freedom for whom? America calls this a celebration. But for Black America, Indigenous America, and all those whose…
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Baby Kohen’s Final Ride: A White Carriage, a Black Family’s Grief, and America’s Fourth of July Contradiction By Dr. Gloria Zuurveen, Editor-in-Chief POPE, MISSISSIPPI — On Saturday, June 27, 2026, outside Hosanna Family Worship Center in Pope, Mississippi, about 12 miles south of Senatobia and not far from Sardis where the family lived, the grief…
Read MoreInglewood Stands Tall: Miller Barondess Wins Landmark Court Victory for the People
Miller Barondess Wins High-Stakes Battle for the City of Inglewood Against Hollywood Park/SoFi Stadium and The Forum/Intuit Dome Judge Upholds City’s WOW Media Agreement, Rejecting Billionaire-Backed Challenge and Affirming Inglewood’s Right to Govern Its Future By Dr. Gloria Zuurveen, Editor-in-Chief There are moments when a courtroom becomes more than a courtroom. It becomes a place…
Read MoreTHE SOUTHERN TRUTH President Trump Is Out of Order: No Help at Home, But Billions Abroad
By Dr. Gloria Zuurveen Publisher, PACE NEWS Something is wrong with this picture. At a time when families across America are struggling to pay rent, buy homes, keep roofs over their children’s heads, and hold on to the American dream, President Donald Trump has abruptly refused to sign a bipartisan housing bill that had already…
Read MoreTHE SOUTHERN TRUTH Reclaiming Her Time for Housing: Maxine Waters Shows What Bipartisanship Looks Like
By Dr. Gloria Zuurveen, Editor-in-Chief There are times in politics when the headlines are dominated by division, finger-pointing, and partisan gridlock. Then there are moments when elected officials put politics aside and focus on the people. This week, Congresswoman Maxine Waters helped deliver one of those moments. The Senate’s approval of a major housing package…
Read MoreWalking the Footsteps of the Ancestors: A 74-Year-Old Scholar Returns Home with Family to Complete a Journey 250 Years in the Making
By Dr. Gloria Zuurveen The Southern Truth / PACE NEWS There are some stories that are not just written for the newspaper. They are written into the soil. They are carried in the bloodline. They are whispered through the Black church, remembered in family names, and found again when somebody has the courage to go…
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