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Georgia prosecutor wants to bring shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery to grand jury: ‘This is murder’
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Georgia prosecutor wants to bring shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery to grand jury: ‘This is murder’

Russ Bynum The Associated PressMay 7, 2020

A Georgia prosecutor said Tuesday that he wants a grand jury to decide if criminal charges are warranted in the death of a man shot after a pursuit by armed men who later told police they suspected him of being a burglar. 

Ahmaud Arbery, 25, was killed Feb. 23 in a neighborhood outside the coastal port city of Brunswick. No one has been arrested or charged in the case, prompting an outcry from the local NAACP and others. Arbery was black and the men who chased him are white. 

Summer Will Not Save Us: Faultlines, Battlelines, Affirmation and Resistance
Dr. Maulana Karenga

Summer Will Not Save Us: Faultlines, Battlelines, Affirmation and Resistance

Dr. Maulana KarengaMay 7, 2020

In this winter of pandemic devastation and an ice cold lack of official focus, concern and actions to address our unequal suffering and disproportionate number of deaths, there is talk of summer possibly lessening the overall impact of the virus. But even a lessening of the overall impact of the virus does not mean we will benefit equally or similarly by it. For like all the other trickle-down, “rising tide and lifting all boats pablum,” it does not recognize that equal effect requires equal capacity and conditions which we lack. Moreover, we know our problems of health and life are not seasonal, but social.  

Zion Williamson speaks with #NBATogether with Ernie Johnson on his mother, learning from Coach K, and competing for Rookie of the Year
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Zion Williamson speaks with #NBATogether with Ernie Johnson on his mother, learning from Coach K, and competing for Rookie of the Year

Khari Jones Jr. Contributing WriterMay 1, 2020

In this time isolation Williamson has been watching The Last Dance on ESPN. What he finds most interesting watching Michael Jordan’s documentary is the type of leader he was. “The one thing he said that stands out is he plays like somebody is watching for the first time and doesn’t want to disappoint. You never get a second chance for a first impression. For him to play with that mindset throughout his career says a lot about him.” 

FILM REVIEW Rob Morgan plays an ex-bull rider in ‘BULL’
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FILM REVIEW Rob Morgan plays an ex-bull rider in ‘BULL’

Lapacazo Sandoval Contributing WriterMay 1, 2020

“Bull” marks director Annie Silverstein’s debut. It’s set in  

Houston and follows Kris, a troubled 14-year old-girl (Amber Harvard) whose mother is in the state penitentiary, and Abe, an ex-bull rider (Rob Morgan) way past-his-prime who is barely making his living working the weekly rodeo circuits. Both damaged beings are at a crossroads in their lives—very different but none the less the form an unlikely bond and attempt self-discovery before it is too late for them both.  

Here’s what it’s like to experience survivor’s guilt amidst the coronavirus pandemic
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Here’s what it’s like to experience survivor’s guilt amidst the coronavirus pandemic

Maya Richard-Craven Special to the LAWTMay 1, 2020

I come from a long line of Black intellectuals.  My family members migrated across the country by wagon alongside white families, integrated classrooms and courts, and worked their way up to found a legacy at prestigious universities like Stanford and USC. Before being allowed the right to converse with white peers, my ancestors fought and died for the right to be free. A notion I often take for granted, but now feel more connected to than ever because there is a mandated stay-at-home order in the city where I live. The freedom to leave my home has been taken away from me, and I feel afraid that more of my freedoms will be taken away as COVID-19 spreads.  

Housing the Homeless: COVID-19 Has Forced California’s Hand
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Housing the Homeless: COVID-19 Has Forced California’s Hand

Antonio Ray Harvey California Black MediaApril 30, 2020

Earlier this month, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that California was the first state in the nation to secure Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding to place unsheltered people in hotel rooms at no cost to them. The state’s action is providing safe isolation for tens of thousands of homeless Californians during the global COVID-19 pandemic.    

Madcapping and Conning with Trump: Feeding Americans Addiction to Illusions
Dr. Maulana Karenga

Madcapping and Conning with Trump: Feeding Americans Addiction to Illusions

Dr. Maulana KarengaApril 30, 2020

Nurturing and asserting the narrowest and most degraded forms of individualism, they find it difficult to feel for others, delay gratification and think seriously about the consequences of their actions and those of their monster mentor. Afterall, Trump has assured them he needs no mask, argued early that the virus was a hoax, dismissed it for months and made no national preparations for it. Instead, he has offered them safety and salvation behind apartheid walls, bans on Muslims, Africans – Continental and Caribbean, Latinos and Asians, imprisoning and packing immigrants together in unsanitary and disease producing conditions, and urging them, his followers, to rush into the streets and rage against restrictions and rules instituted to save lives, including their own.

Bright Star Schools’ Stella Middle Charter Academy, with Brand-New Campus in Baldwin Village, Enrolling 5th Grade for Fall 2020 on a First-Come, First-Served Basis
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Bright Star Schools’ Stella Middle Charter Academy, with Brand-New Campus in Baldwin Village, Enrolling 5th Grade for Fall 2020 on a First-Come, First-Served Basis

Sentinel News ServiceApril 30, 2020

Bright Star Schools, a network of nine high-performing, tuition-free charter public schools across three communities in Los Angeles — West Adams/Baldwin Village, Koreatown, and the San Fernando Valley — announced that it is currently enrolling 5th grade students for Stella Middle Charter Academy in Baldwin Village on a first-come, first-served basis.   Approximately 60 spots for 5th grade are available and families are encouraged to apply quickly to secure a seat. More information about enrollment with the application link is available here: www.brightstarschools.org/enroll. English, Spanish, and Korean languages are available on the application site. Grades 6 – 8 are currently

Governing Through Crisis
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Governing Through Crisis

Sentinel News ServiceApril 30, 2020

“This crisis is presenting new challenges to our community and forcing us to collaborate on new progressive solutions locally as well as citywide, said Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson. It’s vital that residents remain connected and informed to keep themselves and their neighbors safe during this time. The city and state are requiring folks to make sacrifices and stay indoors and I will continue to fight for legislation that will allow our residents to remain safely in their homes and ensure they can return to work after this pandemic is over.”