Partnership for Growth LA, a nonprofit, interfaith community development corporation on announced on Friday, July 7, the launch of Freedom Farms, a groundbreaking new urban farming initiative aimed at addressing food instability and economic inequality throughout parts of South and West Los Angeles.
Bernice A. King joined the children of late civil rights champions the Rev. C.T. Vivian, and U.S. Rep. John Lewis, in blasting voter suppression laws that have cropped up since the 2020 election.
The annual report, based on U.S. Census Bureau data adjusted by Gross Domestic Product data, found that women-owned businesses continue to trend above all others. Over the past five years, the number of women-owned businesses increased by 21 percent, while all enterprises increased by only 9 percent.
Mayor Garcetti touches upon the most salient and pressing issues facing Los Angeles in his State of the City Address.
The report, “Inequality in Nigeria” exposes the large and growing gap between rich and poor.
Days before the opening of the World Economic Forum, Oxfam, the international organization that works on world poverty issues, released a report that addressed inequality. They found the international wealth gap growing rapidly. Last year, just 62 individuals had the same wealth as the 3.6 billion people who make up the bottom half of the world population.