In his opening remarks, former Los Angeles City Councilmember Mark Ridley-Thomas reminded hundreds of attendees of the purpose of the 31st Annual Empowerment Congress (EC) held on Jan.7 at the […]
Author Archives: Cynthia Gibson
Posted inNational, News
Senior scams big business in South Los Angeles
In 2021, 92,000 seniors over the age of 60 in the U.S. lost almost $1.7 billion in scams according to the Elder Fraud Report released by the FBI in May. […]
Posted inNational, News
Senior scams big business in South Los Angeles
In 2021, 92,000 seniors over the age of 60 in the U.S. lost almost $1.7 billion in scams according to the Elder Fraud Report released by the FBI in May. […]
Posted inNational, News
How the mainstream media framed race relations in the 1992 civil unrest
The role of the mainstream media in stoking tensions between Black and Korean communities was the topic of a virtual panel discussion, “LA Uprising/Saigu reflections: Race Relations Then and Now,” […]
Posted inFeature, Feature, Health, National
Bullying of Blacks takes a toll on mental health
Although Black children make up 15 percent of the US public school population, they comprise 35 percent of those who reported being harassed or bullied on the bases of race, […]
Posted inFeature, Feature, National
Black women’s health and Breast Cancer Awareness Month
It’s been over two decades since Yola Cain died of breast cancer at the age of 46. An accomplished woman who always held her feelings “close to the vest,” Cain […]
Posted inCovers, Local
Power over real money
“Giving real people real power over real money.” That’s the slogan for the City of Los Angeles’ first participatory budgeting pilot program. The Los Angeles Reforms for Equity and Public […]
Posted inEducation, Feature, Feature, News
Will acceleration days close the learning gap?
Chris Warren, eighth-grade language teacher, immediately noticed the academic regression in his middle school students at Young Oak Kim Academy after almost 18 months of remote learning due to the […]
Posted inCovers
Power to the people
Los Angeles is home to some of the widest wealth disparities in the United States. Years of systemic racism and underinvestment have left many L.A. neighborhoods with high rates of […]
Posted inCOVID-19, Health, National
Senior scams big business in South Los Angeles
South Los Angeles resident Stephanie Grant still remembers the look on her grandmother’s face when she told her she had been scammed out of $10,000. “She was in shock. I […]
