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Black in School: Why Do CA Black Students Face Half a Billion Dollar School Funding Gap Amid Resurging Coronavirus?
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Black in School: Why Do CA Black Students Face Half a Billion Dollar School Funding Gap Amid Resurging Coronavirus?

Dr. Margaret Fortune, President/CEO of Fortune SchoolSeptember 2, 2021

I cannot aptly describe just how complicated running a school has become in the era of COVID-19.  New categories of jobs have been created in schools just to contact trace, test, and track the escalation of the virus as it spreads.  The county health department gave our school a one-page “decision tree” last year to guide our response when we got a COVID case.  Now the document is literally called a “decision forest” and it’s three times as long. 

Rockets getting more than Silas name
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Rockets getting more than Silas name

Terrance Harris, Defender News NetworkDecember 3, 2020

Some might think Stephen Silas is just another coach with the right last name and lineage. But the Rockets’ new head coach is much more than the son of one of the best coaches the NBA has known.

Living Legend: Kamala Harris makes history as America’s First Black & Female Vice President
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Living Legend: Kamala Harris makes history as America’s First Black & Female Vice President

Betti Halsell, Contributing WriterNovember 26, 2020

Madam Vice-President Kamala Harris is a living legend, her election marked a new day during a colossal shift in social awareness. As the first Black and South Asian woman to be listed on a major political ballot and the first woman to hold a seat as vice president, she has created a new wave of thought and possibility. It will continue to grow for women, as an increase in young girls will strive to be on that level of power. Delivering her candidacy on the day Martin Luther King Jr. declared a universal dream, more diversity will be a new normal as the whole world is changing into that vision. 

LeBron James Tempers Expectations in Lakers’ Return to Competitiveness
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LeBron James Tempers Expectations in Lakers’ Return to Competitiveness

By Lauren A. Jones, Contributing WriterSeptember 25, 2018

The Los Angeles Lakers held media day on Monday, Sept. 24.  It was different from just one year prior as dozens of media members filed into the UCLA Health Training Facility in El Segundo eagerly awaiting the first signs of LeBron James. It was the first time James addressed media since signing a $153.3 million contract to become a Los Angeles Laker.  

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Legislators Push for Free Community College in CA

Sentinel News ServiceAugust 24, 2018

Assembly Bill 1862, jointly authored by Assemblymembers Miguel Santiago, David Chiu, and Kevin McCarty, was introduced last week to take an important step towards guaranteeing a completely free community college experience for California students.  The measure comes directly on the heels of the implementation of 2017’s Assembly Bill 19 (jointly authored by the same legislators) which made the first year of community college free for all first-time, full-time students. That first round of students will begin classes at schools across California in the coming weeks.