Los Angeles City Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson supports private development of permanent supportive housing for homeless individuals in the 8th District.
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Pan African confab in Carson
The Sixth Annual Pan African Global Trade and Investment Conference will take place Sept. 16-17 at the Carson Community Center, 801 E. Carson St.
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Some Blacks say images in slave movies are too painful
With the reboot of “Roots,” the success of the Oscar-winning “12 Years a Slave” and the much anticipated “Birth of a Nation,” it seems as if movies with slave themes are seeing a resurgence. But some Black people are saying they’ve had enough.
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Owners of Baldwin Hills mall seek retailers to fill up Wal-Mart space
Since it was first built in 1947, the former Broadway Department store in the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza has been occupied by one tenant.
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Federal government to reduce reliance on private prisons
Citing an audit report that demonstrated a decline in the number of federal inmates and that prisons run by private companies are substantially less safe and secure than ones run by the Bureau of Prisons, and feature higher rates of violence and contraband, the Bureau of Prisons will stop using some of these lockups.
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Drug poisons users on skid row
Police officers this week began distributing fliers informing drug users on Skid Row about the dangers of the synthetic drug Spice in the wake of two mass illness breakouts that prompted county health officials to warn all residents against using the illicit drug.
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LAPD takes gun-toting suspects into custody
Los Angeles police on Tuesday detained two men in Lake View Terrace who, authorities said, were walking around in the Inglewood area carrying rifles in the early morning hours.
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Mothers around the world work to normalize breastfeeding
All month long mothers across the nation and around the world are celebrating the benefits and normalization of breastfeeding.
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Latest racial divide has pollsters wondering who’s telling the truth?
In the national shouting match over who hates whom the most, a number of polls conducted since 2008 suggest that the racial divide has increased only slightly from where it was 20 years ago. However, the same polls reveal that most Americans hold a surprisingly dim view of racial harmony.
