“F— Trump” has become cultural currency. YG made it a hook. Timelines on fire.Group chats activated.Think pieces flying.Boycotts declared between brunch reservations. But here’s the part nobody wants to talk […]
Author Archives: Jasmyne A. Cannick
Posted inNational
BAJI and USC Equity Research Institute release groundbreaking report
The Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), in partnership with the USC Equity Research Institute (ERI), has released a first-of-its-kind comprehensive data report on Black immigrant communities across California. The […]
Posted inBusiness, Local
Father shot in face by deputies at George Floyd protest with his kids
A Los Angeles jury has awarded $3.8 million to filmmaker Cellin Gluck and his daughter Caroline Gluck, finding the County of Los Angeles negligent for injuries sustained when Mr. Gluck […]
Posted inOp-ed, Opinion
FAFO ain’t a forcefield
This might come as a shock to some Black folks sipping their tea, minding their own melanin-rich business, and lounging comfortably in their FAFO suite watching Latinos get rounded up […]
Posted inNews
Reclaiming Our Sisters Everywhere hosts healing workshop
The rain threatened to dampen the day, but South LA showed up anyway. On Saturday, Jan. 25, community members gathered under gray skies for a powerful workshop hosted by Reclaiming […]
Posted inGovernment, Government/Politics
Politics and friendship: Balancing it all this election season
I was recently thinking about how campaign season has a way of testing everything—your patience, your endurance, and sometimes even your friendships. It’s easy to get caught up in the […]
Posted inLocal Politics
Why I am running for elected office and why you should care
For the first time in my life, I am running for elected public..
Posted inCovers
From Africa to America
Kehinde Oloade, 49, came to America from Lagos, Nigeria in 1987 following the pattern of African nationals who took advantage of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, which saw an estimated one million Africans immigrate to the United States.
“I came here alone,” she recalls. First arriving in San Diego, where she remembers getting her first job at a local Jack-in-the-Box restaurant.
