Manny Otiko
OW Contributor
May 9 2013

Many still distrustful of such studies, but are we hurting ourselves?

Common knowledge holds that African Americans are reluctant to take part in clinical trials for the pharmaceutical industry, and some say for good reason. Such horrific experiences as the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male have made many African Americans wary of such testing.

Oct 25 2012

Represents Lynwood, Cerritos, Lakewood, La Mirada, Whittier

Rep. Linda Sanchez is the sixth of seven children born to Mexican immigrants in the city of Orange. She worked her way through college as an English as a Second Language instructor, later graduated from UC Berkeley and received her juris degree from UCLA Law school. She specialized in labor law and then went to work in the labor movement as a compliance officer with both International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the National Electrical Contractors Association.

Sep 6 2012

The power of forgiveness changed his life

More than seventeen years ago, Azim Khamisa got a call that every parent would dread getting.

His son Tariq, a 20-year-old student at San Diego State University, had been shot and killed.

Tariq was killed by Tony Hicks, a 14-year-old gang wannabe as part of a gang initiation. Tariq, then working as a weekend pizza delivery driver, had been lured to a wrong address, was shot and drowned in his own blood.

Nov 18 2010

November is Native Heritage month

There is an old joke in the Black community about women attributing long hair to having “Indian blood” in their family. But like all jokes, there is an element of truth in this statement. There are deep ties between Native Americans, America’s first residents, and Black Americans, America’s first sizable minority group.

Oct 28 2010

Lacks political experience

With California currently facing a budget crisis, businesses fleeing the state and record unemployment, you would wonder why anyone would want the California governor’s job. But this is a job that former eBay CEO Meg Whitman has decided to take on.

Whitman joined the Internet company, when it had $4.7 million in revenue and 30 employees.

Ten years later eBay was generating more than $8 billion in revenue and had 15,000 employees.

Oct 28 2010

Is know-how enough?

With California currently facing major political and economic problems, now might be the time for an experience hand at the helm. At least that is what Jerry Brown believes.

Attorney General Jerry Brown is the Democratic candidate for California governor, and he is not new to the job. A life-long public servant, (or career politician depending on which way you see it), Brown served as governor for two terms in the 1970s. He has also run for president several times and served as mayor of Oakland.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.