Our 46th President, Joseph R. Biden, has just passed his first anniversary in office, and with the retirement of Associate Justice Stephen Breyer and the opportunity to appoint his successor, […]
Author Archives: Gregg Reese
Defaming his name: Martin Luther King Day, 2022
Time and tested words of wisdom offer succor during the passage of harsh times, trial and tribulation, none more so than those of Martin Luther King. The present day hardships […]
A scholarly symposium in Expo Park
The future of African-America’s sway over the arts was manifested with an overflow crowd in place at the first inauguration of the Black Comics Festival held at the California African […]
A civil service memoir
It’s 1980 and timing is everything. Cheryl Dorsey’s daily grind of typing reports for on-going investigations in the secretarial pool at the Department of Justice was interrupted by an offer, […]
A civil service memoir
It’s 1980 and timing is everything. Cheryl Dorsey’s daily grind of typing reports for on-going investigations in the secretarial pool at the Department of Justice was interrupted by an offer, […]
Remember her name: Irene Cara brought the soundtrack of the 80s
“I don’t mean to sound immodest, but I’d never had any doubt that I’d be successful, nor any fear of success. I was raised as a little goddess who was […]
Time Capsule: Memories of the Vietnam War
In 1969, Udon Air Force Base, Thailand. Captain Harold Archibald was on duty in support of the air war over North Vietnam in a secure building just north of the […]
Proposition 29
Hemodialysis, also spelled haemodialysis, or simply dialysis, is the process by which blood is purified of the waste products which would otherwise be removed by properly functioning kidneys. In the […]
Inglewood mayor’s race should not be overlooked this fall
The City of Inglewood is where “The only thing that’s changed is everything,” according to its website. True, there have been a lot of changes recently: The K Line runs […]
At home with the ancestors
“Trane was the Father, Pharaoh was the Son, I am the Holy Ghost.” —Albert Ayler Pharaoh Sanders, the revered and influential tenor saxophonist who explored and extended the boundaries […]

