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Statement on Shooting of LA County Sheriff Deputies
"Violence has no practical results towards building a strengthened community or solving the problems of human prejudice, bias, and injustice. People accept the ideological or even religious myth that if you want to get things done, Violence is the way. But Violence is...
We Must Make Black Count in the 2020 Census
On Saturday, September 5, 2020, a federal judge in Northern California issued a temporary restraining order to stop the Census Bureau from terminating the census process a month ahead of its original schedule. This ruling was in response to a lawsuit filed by the...
Sheriff Villanueva Misses the Point of Protests
This past Monday, two Los Angeles County Sherriff deputies shot and killed Dijon Kizzee, a 29-year-old African American man from Lancaster, CA, visiting friends and family in the Westmont neighborhood of Los Angeles. Shortly after Mr. Kizzee was pronounced dead,...
National Urban League Sues Postmaster General to Stop New Voter Suppression Tactics
The National Urban League, Common Cause, and the League of Women Voters has joined more than 20 states and cities in an escalating legal attack against the Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to stop his sabotage efforts mail-in voting in the upcoming 2020 national...
African American Students Deserve More from LAUSD
This week Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the nation's second-largest school district, started online classes for more than 600,000 students. LAUSD and the teachers' union, the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), recently agreed on new distance learning...
Kamala Harris and Black Women Will Shape the Future of Democratic Politics
This week California Senator Kamala Harris, the daughter of two immigrant parents, made history by becoming the first Black woman to join the ticket of a major party and seize the nomination for vice president of the United States. Senator Harris is a proud graduate...
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