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Our Features

Jun 12 2008

Increased airline bag charges do not benefit workers

 It is customary for airline travelers to tip skycaps for what some might blindly say a small job, but if you ask most passengers they would tell you that amid the chaotic atmosphere of a typical American Airport, the aid of a skycap is anything but irrelevant.

Jun 5 2008

Owners of substandard buildings to be held accountable

 AB 2925, targeting owners of substandard properties by holding them accountable has passed the Assembly.

Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
Jun 5 2008

Living trusts protect assets for people of all ages

  Whether you are 24 or 94, if you own property, investments and other items that have a total value of at least $100,000 it would be a good idea to have a living trust prepared.

Jun 5 2008

June 5
Inauguration

Assembly Speaker Karen Bass holds her inauguration ceremony. Public is invited. Los Angeles Trade Technical College-Grand Theatre, 400 W. Washington Blvd., L..A. 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. (213) 620-2082. 

Terri Schichenmeyer  |   OW Contributor
Jun 5 2008

by Rose Rock with Valerie Graham

Little brats

Those two words best describe so many kids you know, and it’s not right. Sure, your kids aren’t angels but they aren’t completely rotten, either. Still, you wonder how some parents do it. How do they raise successful, well-balanced, polite, wonderful children in today’s world?

Across Black America

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

California
San Diego college students and volunteers will carry out their sixth home restoration project on Wednesday, July 10 through Sunday, July 14. as part of the “Healing our Heroes’ Homes” (H3) program created by the nonprofit Embrace. The five-day effort will take place at the home of medically retired Marine Corps Capt. Sarah Bettencourt. Bettencourt served with many different units across the country during the Global War on Terrorism and developed a rare neurological disorder in 2008. With a focus to restore the homes of disabled veteran homeowners, H3 falls in line with Embrace’s mission to mobilize college-student volunteers and community members to serve less fortunate members of civilian and veteran communities. The project for the Bettencourts’ home includes kitchen and bathroom remodeling, building ADA-compliant disability ramps, widening their driveway to ADA standards, widening doorways and landscaping.
 
District of Columbia
The 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will showcase its five-year community research project on African American identity with the program “The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity.” This multicity collaboration examines the history and culture of the aesthetics of African Americans. The festival will be held June 26-30 and July 3-7, outdoors on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th streets. “Whether we realize it or not, we are all dress artists. The way we compose our look is a creative expression of our ideas about who we are and who we aspire to be,” said Diana N’Diaye, program curator. “This program explores the diversity of African American traditions of style, but also teaches young people the importance of documenting their own culture and saving that information for themselves and future generations.”