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Black Hospital Patients Given Cold Shoulder In Disturbing New Study
Could the color of your skin affect the medical care you get at the end of your life? A disturbing new study published in the January issue of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management suggests that it might. The research shows that black actors who were asked to portray dying hospital patients received less compassionate care […]
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Poet, Hiram Sims.
Poets are doing a fundraiser for the LA Food Bank! Join us for a poetry show and fundraiser for The Los Angeles Regional Food bank. This event is organized by The World Stage in conjunction with The Community Literature Initiative and hosted by Beyond Baroque. The night will feature Poets from various LA Literary Centers, […]
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Glenn Ellis, Sr.
When Glenn Ellis, Sr. enrolled in the pre-med program at the University of Pennsylvania, it was just the first step in his lifelong commitment to ensuring the health and well-being of others. The Birmingham, Alabama native has earned a well-deserved reputation as an internationally respected health educator and complementary medicine consultant. His second book, Information […]
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This Is What The Empty Seat At Obama’s State Of The Union Means
For the past three and a half years, ever since her son Alex was killed in an Aurora, Colorado movie theater, Caren Teves has left an empty seat at her family’s dining room table. The extra place setting is particularly hard to bear on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and every other holiday since her oldest son’s life […]
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Aundrae Russell
Aundrae Russell is the host and producer of “Spread the Word”, the #1 radio show on Sundays in Los Angeles on 102.3 KJLH. He co-created, with Stevie Wonder, this popular gospel radio show that has dominated the airwaves. Originally, from Meridian, Mississippi, Aundrae has been in broadcasting for over 25 years. His career includes working […]
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Natalie Cole’s funeral to be a celebration of singer in South L.A.
Chaka Khan is among those scheduled to perform Monday at funeral services for Natalie Cole in South Los Angeles. The services for the Grammy Award-winning singer — who died on New Year’s Eve at age 65 — will be held at West Angeles Church of God in Christ’s 5,000-seat cathedral at Crenshaw and Exposition boulevards, […]
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Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas
Mark Ridley-Thomas is a graduate of Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles and earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Immaculate Heart College. He went on to receive his doctorate from the University of Southern California. His political career was preceded by five-years as a high school teacher followed by a decade as executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Greater Los Angeles. Mark Ridley-Thomas […]
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Saharah Ali – Saji Yoga Monday Mind Gem
SAJI Yoga Mind Gem Affirmation Today, I accept the power of “Contemplative Transformation” I honor the peace of God moving through me to create positive change. I allow myself to trust the true expression of my divine self. Here and now I release old ideas to create space for divine healing and closure of […]
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MoveOn Members Are Voting on a Presidential Endorsement That Matters
Before media and political elites began to understood the potential for online activism, MoveOn was doing it. The group, which was forged in the1998 fight to get Congress to “move on” from petty-yet-divisive wrangling over the impeachment of Bill Clinton, and which expanded into a political force of national and international significance during the struggle to avert the […]
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Texas state trooper who arrested Sandra Bland indicted for perjury
The state trooper who arrested Sandra Bland, a black woman who died in a south-east Texas county jail last summer, has been indicted by a Texas grand jury on a perjury charge. The charge results from a statement trooper Brian Encinia made after Bland’s arrest, said Darrell Jordan, a special prosecutor in the case. “In […]
