Dr. David Horne is a tenured full professor of Critical Thinking and African History, and is the former chair of the Pan African Studies Department at Cal State University Northridge. He also teaches graduate public policy and introductory political analysis, and is the graduate advisor for the department. He is the original Executive Director […]
Dr. Lee completed her training as a Registered Nurse from Southwest Community College in Los Angeles, California. She graduated as a Physician Assistant from Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Sciences in Los Angeles, California, and later became a Board Certified Nurse Practitioner. She received a Ph.D. in Holistic Nutrition from Clayton School of […]
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 Howard […]
When it comes to shedding light on police violence, the smartphone is an exceptionally powerful tool. Videos that show the deaths of black people due to police brutality — from Eric Garner in 2014, to Alton Sterling and Philando Castile just this week — have started and refocused conversations around policing in the U.S. As more and more […]
Carl E. Douglass (born May 8, 1955) is an American lawyer, specializing in police misconduct cases. He is best known for being one of the defense attorneys in theO.J. Simpson murder case. Douglas attended Northwestern University for undergraduate degree and was admitted to the California State Bar after earning his Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree the […]
Pastor Orrick Romaine Quick, a native North Carolinian, is a prolific teacher and preacher of the Gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. He is the Pastor and Founder of God Seekers Church, established in November 2012 and headquartered at 1208 South Main St. High Point, North Carolina. He and his lovely wife […]
Hundreds of Black Lives Matter demonstrators poured into the streets of Inglewood late Sunday night, shutting down a major intersection and briefly blocking traffic on the 405 Freeway. Authorities said there were no arrests and no reports of violence. “There has been no reason for interference by us,” Inglewood Police Lt. Gregory Held said. […]
Demonstrators took to the streets in major cities around the United States on Thursday night to protest this week’s police shootings of two black men whose deaths were caught on video. Thousands gathered in some of the nation’s largest cities to protest the shootings of Philando Castile in a Minneapolis suburb and Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, La., which […]
Donald Trump and his campaign aides continue to struggle to distinguish between the Star of David and what the presumptive Republican nominee refers to as “a plain star.” While it is surely troublesome when a candidate for president has trouble distinguishing between the six-pointed Magen David that serves as a symbol for modern Jewish […]
As a partner in The Cochran Firm Los Angeles office, Brian T. Dunn was originally hired as a specialist in civil rights litigation, with an emphasis on police misconduct cases. As an attorney, he has handled many of the Los Angeles office’s most high profile police misconduct cases, including those involving Reginald Denny and Geronimo […]