Category: National

The pandemic was an unfortunate event for many people, but it also blessed others with life-changing opportunities. Greg Plummer was one of those others.  The airport concession investor and operator […]

Countee Cullen’s seminal poem “Heritage” has great meaning behind it. It is a stark review of what it is like being an African-American in America. Cullen recognized a state of […]

The role of the mainstream media in stoking tensions between Black and Korean communities was the topic of a virtual panel discussion, “LA Uprising/Saigu reflections: Race Relations Then and Now,” […]

It is estimated that Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) affects 1 in 500 births per year. However, because of varying techniques for diagnosis and treatment, the disability remains the subject of debate. […]

The Stocker Street Creative project is funded and run by a Chicago-based company called 4S Bay Partners LLC. Their goal is to build a community-focused creative campus consisting of entertainment, […]

Despite the fact that Los Angeles City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas was suspended from office by a divided Council last October, the 10th District staff has carried on.  Ridley-Thomas and USC’s […]

During the settlement of the “New World,” American history and mythology evolved simultaneously, to the point where the lines between each became blurred. Among the most prominent of these is […]

On Feb. 20, the socialist-feminist organization Radical Women and the Comrades of Color Caucus of the Freedom Socialist Party hosted a virtual event, “Black Women Fire Up the Movement for […]

“A Portrait of California 2021-2022: Human Development and Housing Justice” is the third study in a decade-long series which offers statistics and analysis of how Californians are doing in health, […]

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, […]