(CNN) More emotional testimony is expected Wednesday in the sentencing phase of the trial for former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, who was convicted of murder in the shooting death of Botham Jean. Allison Jean, sua madre, took the stand first when the sentencing hearing began Tuesday, hours after raising her hands in jubilation when the guilty […]
Ethel Jackson is a part of the Worker Advisory Committee for the LA Black Worker’s Center for the past 2 anni. Ethel is based in South Central Los Angeles and has been an inspirational mentor to many workers who have come through the LABWC. Malcolm Harris started organizing with the Community Coalition (CoCo), before heading to […]
California became the first state to require major financial reforms in college athletics on Monday after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a measure that allows players to receive endorsement deals, despite the National Collegiate Athletic Assn. calling the move unconstitutional. Other states have proposed similar measures to pressure the NCAA, but so far only […]
Police are investigating assault claims levied by a black sixth-grader who said several white classmates, all-male, held her down and forcefully cut her dreadlocks. Amari Allen, 12, said classmates at Immanuel Christian School, a private school in Springfield, Virginia, called her hair “ugly” e “nappy” while they pinned her down and cut her dreadlocks during recess. Funzionari […]
Sharon Kyle is a former president of the Guild Law School and is the publisher and co-founder of the LA Progressive. For years before immersing herself in the law and social justice, Ms. Kyle was a member of several space flight teams at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory where she managed resources for projects like Magellan, […]
Saharah Ali Urban Psychic LA New Super Moon 3rd Eye Thursday Affirmation Today, I give myself permission to review, embrace and honor all aspects of my life. I allow the power of divine truth within to unfold gifts and blessings from seen and unseen places. I surrender self-judgment to stand balanced in the spiritual wisdom […]
“From Mississippi to Madison Ave” Jo Muse was born on a red-clay road in Holly Springs, Mississippi, to parents who were the son and daughter of dirt farmers. Penniless and with the promise of fair wages from Henry Ford, the family moved to Detroit, Michigan, when Jo was two, going from welfare to work. Che cosa […]
The Dallas cop who got fired after she shot and killed a black man in his own home, saying she mistook his apartment door for her own, is claiming self-defense as her murder trial gets underway. Amber Guyger had been on the Dallas police force for about five years when she fatally fired on 26-year-old […]
As a strategist, Jasmyne Cannick has worked at all levels of government developing custom-tailored communications strategies and messages for elected officials, political campaigns, and non-profit organizations. She successfully served several terms as a Press Secretary in the California State Assembly before going to Washington to work in the House of Representatives. Locally she’s worked for […]
Decades before Colin Kaepernick was taking a knee on the football gridiron to protest racial injustice, Olympic sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos were raising a fist on the winners’ stand at the 1968 Olimpiadi. Much like Kaepernick, Fabbro, and Carlos were expelled for their actions. Ora, it looks like the Olympics is prepared to […]