Like all long-standing African American communities in Los Angeles County and the United States, Inglewood has experienced its share of growing pains over the last few decades. Throughout all the […]
Author Archives: Gregg Reese
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Dominique DiPrima continues her legacy of radio activism at KBLA
The Bay Area is traditionally a mecca of radical activism extending to the blue-collar rank and file of its working class. Local 10 of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union […]
Posted inEntertainment
Soul singing R&B diva, Angie Stone, dies at 63
“I’ve been in the game for 50 years. My first solo album is 25 years old. I’ve put in a lot of work over the years… Even at this point […]
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Roberta Flack dies at 88
Roberta Cleopatra Flack, the singer, songwriter, and pianist whose Mezzo-soprano captivated fans and garnered scores of record sales in the 1970s, died on the morning of Feb. 24 in her […]
Posted inLocal, News
Hollywood comes to the ‘Hood’
Los Angeles’ Black media community congregated on Saturday, Feb. 22 for a presentation about a new entertainment production facility to be located at 3701 West Stocker Blvd. Titled the Stocker […]
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(Her)story of slavery in the motherland
“I moved to Nigeria in 2018, and I lived there for several years. This includes the COVID years, and I was not mentally prepared for the things that I would […]
Posted inGovernment, Government/Politics
Fake news and mass distractions
The ongoing melodrama of the present contest for the White House has been further complicated by provocative news releases likely originating from sources outside the United States.The principal culprits are […]
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Rifting on an American tradition
“The last weeks of a presidential election are often spent waiting for an ‘October Surprise’ – a miraculous or devastating last-minute event that tips the electorate one way or another.”—Andrew […]
Posted inBusiness, Education
College enrollment is down among minorities
Once upon a time at the dawn of what was dubbed “the New Frontier,” a brash young American president burst upon the scene determined to expand the economic opportunities in […]
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Ethical treason
It was 1968. America was embedded in an unpopular war abroad and domestic turmoil within. As troops circulated in and out of a combat zones, their civilian counterpart’s argument over […]
