Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts Jr. defended the city’s commercial billboard program at a District 4 town hall meeting held Sept. 23, arguing that a ballot measure targeting advertising on public property could threaten millions of dollars in municipal revenue.
For 16-year-old Kalianna Paloma, an 11th-grade student at the SEED School of Los Angeles County, traveling by bus can mean spending extra time getting to a train station and reaching her destination. A planned bus rapid transit system along Vermont Avenue could make those trips easier for her and thousands of other riders.
The Council for Global Ancestral Reverence (C4GAR), a group of elders who practice African traditional spirituality, will lead a three-day gathering of prayer and discussion from Oct. 31-Nov. 2.
“The future belongs to creators who are bold,” Everette Taylor, CEO of crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, told students at Howard University during a recent visit.
The historic Springer Opera House in downtown Columbus, Georgia, opened in 1871 and stands as one of the city’s oldest surviving cultural institutions.
After the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1000 labor contract expired June 30 and talks with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration stalled, the union stepped up its efforts to secure a new agreement, saying its demands had gone unheeded.
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For generations, the Black church has stood strong in our communities through every historical change this country has experienced. During the civil rights movement and in recent times, faith leaders have helped uplift Black sanctuaries to register voters, keep food pantries open for people in need, and sit with families in hospital rooms in their most desperate moments. When our people faced new trials, they could always look to our faith leaders and the church to lean in to help us be included in these transformative changes.
Singing the ABC song. Learning the days of the week from a nursery rhyme. Making a finger-painted collage of little handprints. Arts education has always been center stage in early education because little children are naturally creative, filled with wonder and the burning desire to express themselves. Arts and crafts not only help nurture a child’s natural imagination, they also boost small motor skills, sharpen hand-eye coordination and feed the insatiable need to play.
I often refer to the economic conditions we see in our Black community is Black-a-nomics. But that description is truly rooted in Feel-a-nomics: the economy that you can feel.
Dr. H. Geoffrey Watson, a licensed internist, has joined renowned gastroenterologist Dr. Ralph Peterson at MacArthur GI in Oakland to address obesity, provide supervised weight-loss programs including GLP-1 therapy, and screen for and treat fatty liver disease.
Lawrence McCutcheon, a five-time Pro Bowl running back for the Los Angeles Rams who later enjoyed a long career in the team’s front office, died Friday. He was 76.
Matthew Stafford threw for 195 yards and three touchdowns to become the Los Angeles Rams’ career leader in passing touchdowns, and the Rams looked like the team many had favored to win the Super Bowl, defeating the Las Vegas Raiders 35-21 on Sunday.
The Bruins defeated Michigan State 28-10 last week, improving to 7-0 for the first time since 2005. Ty Dieffenbach threw a 63-yard touchdown pass as UCLA extended its winning streak and remained among the nation’s elite.
By Assemblymember Tina McKinnor One week before Inglewood voters go to the polls, an attorney has announced a government claim against Mayor Butts and the
California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra said Thursday, Oct. 15, that he would prioritize housing and health care, hold local governments accountable for homelessness spending and ensure public funds are used effectively if elected governor.
The pitch behind California’s billionaire tax proposal is simple: Tax the richest residents in the nation’s wealthiest state to offset steep federal cuts to healthcare, food assistance, and education.
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820 Ebony/Jet: Visions of the Johnson Publishing Company, an American Icon, published Tuesday by MW Editions, features photographs by Chicago photographer Barbara Karant documenting the former Johnson Publishing Company headquarters at 820 S. Michigan Ave., the longtime home of Ebony and Jet magazines. Pasted markdown
By now, there’s little question that a maternal health crisis is rocking the Black community. The data tells the story: Black moms are dying during childbirth at three times the rate of white moms, a disproportionately high percentage of Black children are born prematurely, and Black infants are about twice as likely to die as white infants in states like Louisiana.
