Deshay Murphy’s release was a coordinated effort of the National Black Mama’s Bail Out Day campaign #FreeBlackMamas that will give incarcerated mothers around the country an opportunity to spend Mother’s Day with their families and build community through gatherings that highlight the impact of inhumane and destructive bail practices on local communities.
“It was the perfect place for me,” laments Steven Jeter. “That was my perfect opportunity to own something in Los Angeles.” A one time property owner, Jeter reminisces about purchasing his first property in Inglewood in 2005 on East 68th Street. Today he lives off of disability and in one of his mother’s properties. Jeter’s dream of home ownership soon turned into a nightmare after he rented the lot which contained a 2 bedroom home in the front and a separate 1 bedroom to a woman claiming to run a program for adults with developmental disabilities. “I can remember it like it was yesterday,” Jeter continues. “I had an open house and she walked in
Former comedian Vincent Cook found living in squalor conditions after stroke
It’s no secret that Los Angeles has a homelessness crisis–but what is less talked about are the homeless that we can’t see.
January is National Mentoring month and there’s a big push to get more among African American adults involved in mentoring young people.
Ronald Todd Eskew, better known as Najee Ali is out as the National Action Network (NAN) Los Angeles Chapter’s political director after his current wife came forward about being physically abused by him. In the wake of the allegations, NAN both locally in Los Angeles and nationally under the leadership and direction of Rev. Al Sharpton have cut all ties from Ali.
Longtime political activist Darren Parker announces that he’s battling stage 3 esophageal cancer
It is expected at a future hearing that the DA’s office will move to have the two juveniles tried as adults thus paving the way for bail to be set depending on the judge’s discretion.
If it’s truly time to focus on the systems that allow sexual violence to flourish then we have to be willing to talk about all of it and that includes our continued support and glorification of rape culture and sexual violence in rap music.
Civil rights attorney and legal consultant Nana Gyamfi accused the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department of “dragging their feet” in their investigation into the death of Gemmel Moore, a 26-year-old Black gay man who was found dead on July 27 in the apartment of prominent Democratic Donor Ed Buck.
KFI needs to do the right thing about Handel’s egregious choice of words and their ongoing problem with how their hosts refer to Black women.
Family of Gemmel Moore and activists launch Color of Change petition
On July 27, 26-year-old Gemmel Moore was found dead in the West Hollywood apartment of 63-year-old prominent Democratic political donor Ed Buck. Moore was Black, gay, and worked as an escort.
We all weren’t blessed with mothers like Clair Huxtable and because of that Mother’s Day can be especially hard
I was having a conversation last week with a local producer who was trying to put together a piece commemorating the 25th anniversary of the South Central Los Angeles Riots.