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Attorney Caree Harper
Caree Harper strongly believes in the attorney-client privilege, and will go to the greatest depths to protect her clients’ secrets and confidences. Prior to becoming an attorney, Ms. Harper was a police officer. While on the police force, Ms. Harper was recognized for excellent service, receiving a “Marksman Medal” and a “Lifesaving Medal” for […]
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The Justice Department Is Going To Stop Using Private Prisons
WASHINGTON ― The Justice Department plans to stop using privately run prisons that typically house undocumented federal inmates following a report finding they are less safe than those that are federally run, Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates said Thursday. Yates said the Justice Department’s goal is “reducing — and ultimately ending — our use of privately […]
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James Thurman Butts Jr
James Thurman Butts Jr. (born August 1, 1953) is the mayor of Inglewood, California. He rose through the ranks of law enforcement in Inglewood during the 1970s and 1980s, eventually becoming a captain. He then worked as Chief of Police in Santa Monica, California from 1991 to 2006. Butts then took a public […]
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A New Report Sheds Light on Profiteering by So-Called Debt-Relief Companies
Using deceptive ad slogans like “Obama’s New Forgiveness Program” and “We Work for the Department of Education,” private companies are charging student-loan borrowers for services that falsely claim to provide debt relief, forgiveness, and consolidation. The pervasiveness of these so-called debt-relief companies is a growing problem for millions of borrowers—a problem that gets far […]
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Erin Aubrey Kaplan
Erin Aubrey Kaplan – Erin Aubry Kaplan is a Los Angeles journalist and columnist who has written about African-American political, economic and cultural issues since 1992. She is currently a contributing editor to the op-ed section of the Los Angeles Times, and from 2005 to 2007 was a weekly op-ed columnist, and the […]
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Dr. Melina Abdullah
Melina Abdullah is Professor and Chair of Pan-African Studies at California State University, Los Angeles and immediate past campus president and current Council for Affirmative Action Chair for the California Faculty Association (the faculty union). Dr. Abdullah earned her Ph.D. from the University of Southern California in Political Science and her B.A. from […]
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Tim Morrow
Tim Morrow is an Herbalist and Iridologist who is President of both The University of Common Sense (UCS) and Tim Morrow Inc. (TMI), He travels extensively throughout the United States teaching the principles of how to develop and maintain good health through the use of herbs and iridology. He is currently the host of […]
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Poll Shows Millennials Increasingly Worried About Police Brutality, Criminal Justice
A new USA Today/Rock the Vote poll of Americans under 35 finds that millennials are increasingly concerned about civil rights, police brutality and criminal justice reform. The results, released Monday, show that criminal justice reform is now nearly as important to millennials as the economy, college affordability and foreign policy. Nearly one-quarter of those surveyed […]
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April Ryan
White House Correspondent April Ryan has a unique vantage point as the only African America female reporter covering urban issues from the White House – a position she’s held since the Clinton era. On behalf of the American Urban Radio Networks (AURN), and through her “Fabric of America” news blog, Ryan delivers her readership and […]
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Dr. Julianne Malveaux
Are We Better Off? Race, Obama and Public Policy Paperback – 2016: by Julianne Malveaux (Author), Donna Brazille (Foreword) Dr. Julianne Malveaux — Dr. Julianne Malveaux is recognized for her progressive and insightful observations. She is also a labor economist, noted author and commentator, and has been described by Dr. Cornel West as “the most […]
