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Antonio Villaraigosa and Karen Bass Discuss Importance of Black and Brown Unity  
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Antonio Villaraigosa and Karen Bass Discuss Importance of Black and Brown Unity  

Danny J. Bakewell, Jr.  Executive Editor   November 3, 2022

Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa believes Karen Bass is the best candidate to serve as the next mayor of Los Angeles.  Villaraigosa says that this is not an arbitrary decision, but a decision based upon a 50-years friendship, working together in the trenches of the city, fighting for those communities and people who have desperately needed the support of government and elected officials time and time again. 

Slavery on Ballot for Voters in 5 U.S. States
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Slavery on Ballot for Voters in 5 U.S. States

Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated PressOctober 27, 2022

More than 150 years after slaves were freed in the U.S., voters in five states will soon decide whether to close loopholes that led to the proliferation of a different form of slavery — forced labor by people convicted of certain crimes.

Student Athlete of the Week: Shane Lee
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Student Athlete of the Week: Shane Lee

Amanda Scurlock, Sports EditorSeptember 22, 2022

Senior linebacker Shane Lee transferred to USC with the hope to help change the culture of their football team and bring them back into the national spotlight. Now, the Trojans are ranked seventh in the AP Top 25 College Football Poll with a 3-0 overall record.

Eleven86: Black-Owned Real Artesian Water Brand
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Eleven86: Black-Owned Real Artesian Water Brand

Betti Halsell, Staff Writer September 8, 2022

Marquis Forge, Founder and CEO, MRaine Industries, LLC is the man behind Eleven86, an artesian water company. The core of this firm is to be in a position to give hope to their community while providing a source of clean water. 

Lyniece Cobb Blount Passes Away at 96
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Lyniece Cobb Blount Passes Away at 96

Sentinel News ServiceAugust 11, 2022

Lyniece Cobb Blount was born to Oscar Cobb and Willie Nell Ford Cobb in Parish Alabama on February 19, 1926. She was one of three girls and one boy. Sadly, her sister died at the age of two. Lyniece’s father died at an early age and her mother died shortly thereafter.

New York Fund Apologizes for Role in Tuskegee Syphilis Study
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New York Fund Apologizes for Role in Tuskegee Syphilis Study

Jay Reeves Associated PressJune 16, 2022

For almost 40 years starting in the 1930s, as government researchers purposely let hundreds of Black men die of syphilis in Alabama so they could study the disease, a foundation in New York covered funeral expenses for the deceased. The payments were vital to survivors of the victims in a time and place ravaged by poverty and racism.

Cali’s Push to Let Student Athletes Get Paid Gets Big Assists From SCOTUS, NCAA
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Cali’s Push to Let Student Athletes Get Paid Gets Big Assists From SCOTUS, NCAA

Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black MediaJuly 8, 2021

But last week, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) unanimously ruled that the NCAA policy must fall in line with the country’s antitrust laws and that the organization does not have the authority to deny student athletes the right to receive compensation for their athleticism or fame.

Wealth gap costs over last two decades: $2.7 trillion in Black income, $16 trillion to U.S. economy
Charlene Crowell

Wealth gap costs over last two decades: $2.7 trillion in Black income, $16 trillion to U.S. economy

Charlene Crowell, Senior Fellow with the Center for Responsible LendingOctober 8, 2020

“Yet even today, with all those credentials and as one of the leading executives on Wall Street,” wrote Raymond J. McGuire, Citi’s Vice Chairman and Chair of its Global Banking and Capital Markets, “I am still seen first as a six-foot-four, two-hundred-pound Black man wherever I go — even in my own neighborhood. I could have been George Floyd. And my wife and I are constantly aware that our children could have their innocence snatched away from them at any given moment, simply for the perceived threat of their skin color.”