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...
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...
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...
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...
LAPD Expands Community Policing Program
Amid continuing calls for police reform, earlier this week, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced the expansion of the Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD) Community Safety Partnership (CSP) to the level of a bureau...
In Remembrance of Congressman John Lewis
On March 7, 1965, six hundred peaceful demonstrators marched over the Edmund Pettus Bridge on their way from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to demand equal voting rights and protest voter suppression. They were met...
Virtual Learning Exacerbates Racial Inequities
The COVID-19 crisis has disrupted nearly every aspect of our education system, and it is undeniable that these disruptions will have long-lasting negative impacts on our most vulnerable students. This week's...
Police Reform
Despite Congress’ inaction on national police reform, we are encouraged by the massive reforms taking shape in the City of Los Angeles. The strength in our numbers and our voices can no longer be ignored, and...
Hollywood’s Lack of Diversity
This week, Hollywood's lack of diversity was brought to light when Ri-Karlo Handy, an independent African American producer, posted on a Facebook group that he was looking for "Black Union Editors." Mr. Handy...
Juneteenth 2020
On January 1st, 1863, President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation made the inhumane scourge of slavery illegal in the United States. Two and a half years later, on June 19th, 1865, after Confederate General...
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