Here in Los Angeles, street gangs became known for the illegal narcotics they distrib-uted and the violence they unleashed to protect their product. In the commission of these acts, they […]
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‘A crime against humanity’
The United States’ engagement in the Middle East got a reprieve from the headlines a few weekly ago when Ghana, a United Nations member since 1957, spearheaded a landmark resolution […]
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Earth Day: ‘Our Power, Our Planet’
Environmental activism as a formal movement began in the last decades of the 20th century. A number of precipitating incidents, driven by the progressive atmosphere of the era, deemed it […]
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¡Under Siege!
April is here, as United States President Donald Trump left no doubt about his intentions towards the beleaguered Republic of Cuba. In this, the fourth month of the year, the […]
Posted inNational
Iran and Israel exchange blows as Trump strikes from the distance
The Israel-Iran conflict enters its fourth week, as the Iranians continue their blockade of the strategic Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s oil resources pass. It […]
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Historical tug of war continues
President Donald J. Trump’s attempts at revisionist history turned another chapter, as conservatives and liberals locked horns over a series of slave memorials that were installed at the site of […]
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Jesse Jackson goes home to the ancestors
“I am somebody. I may be poor, but I am somebody! I may be on welfare, but I am somebody! I may be uneducated, but I am somebody! I must […]
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MLK: That day in Memphis
Perhaps the most seminal image from America’s Civil Rights era is the black and white photo of the preeminent figure of the movement, Martin Luther King Jr. sprawled across the […]
Posted inGovernment, Government/Politics, National
Newsom and Trump lock horns over America’s future
The dust hasn’t settled from their tussle over troop deployment. The question over federal intrusion into state and metropolitan jurisdiction continues as its two opposing advocates prepare to squabble over […]
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Trump 2.0: The Second Time Around
The current administration of Donald J. Trump is unprecedented in that he is the only chief executive to have his tenure broken up by the election of his successor, Joe […]
