New CFPB Director Rohit Chopra pledges to protect Americans from financial fraud
October 14, 2021
Credit reporting, student loan debt and payday loans among chief consumer concerns
Breaking News
- LACMA Showcases ‘Imagining Black Diasporas: 21st-Century Art and Poetics’ Exhibit
- Sheenway School and Culture Center — Educating Youth to Lead the Future Over 50 Years
- Record-Breaking Hate Crimes Against Black Angelenos on the Rise
- Los Angeles Rams and LAPD Spread Holiday Cheer with Annual Sleigh Ride
- Heather Hutt Sworn-in as Councilwoman for L.A.’s 10th District
- Visit Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza for Holiday Photos with Santa
- Homeless and Their Advocates Speak Out in New Film, ‘WE, the Vulnerable of LA’
- The Congressman Wore Sneakers: An Evening With Hakeem Jeffries
- Brotherhood Crusade Honors SEIU President April Verrett at 2024 Pioneer of African American Achievement Award Dinner
- No. 18 UCLA Men’s Basketball Defeats Prairie View A&M 111-75
- Athletes in $2.8 billion college lawsuit tell judge they want to create a players’ association
- Cal, UNLV Inspire La Tijera Students at Day of Play
- Student Athlete of the Week: Koa Seymour
OpEd
Redistricting, Outreach and Public Policy
September 30, 2021
This inclusion of the people carries with it “public comment” which is the opportunity for the people
Celebrating and Living the Nguzo Saba: Accessing the African in Us
September 16, 2021
In celebrating our organization Us’ 56 years and 224 seasons of service, work, struggle and institution-building, we are inevitably and unavoidably led to the Nguzo Saba, the Seven Principles of Kawaida philosophy and Kwanzaa.
“Business as Usual” Keeps the Majority of Black Students from Succeeding
July 1, 2021
Unapologetically Fighting for Black Student Success // No. 1
Greater Justice is Coming: Taking on Abusive and Deadly Policing with New DOJ Leadership
May 13, 2021
There are more signs that we can expect changes at the Justice Department.
Ode to my Niece,Thais (June 25, 1937-February 19, 2012)
September 13, 2018
She shared her life to the fullest and we too are blessed that she passed our way
Marcus Garvey And African Liberation: A New Light Dawning
May 31, 2018
Unity is key to any project and is expressed in a sense of togetherness and a resultant commitment to each other and to shared vision and goals.
Is Trump Making America Great Again, Without DACA?
September 14, 2017
Congress will determine the fate of young undocumented immigrants who could lose protection from deportation.
Success On “The Way”… Ask Dr. Jeanette: Shake up the Salt!!…..
August 17, 2017
It’s like children who want to bully and intimidate
WILL WE STILL BE MARCHING FIFTY YEARS FROM NOW?
August 17, 2017
Barriers to Black progress in the 1960s and 2017 are substantially the same but how those barriers are perceived differs significantly
BLACK VIOLENCE SHOULD NEVER BE ACCEPTED AS THE NORM
February 22, 2017
Typically, the Black community responds to high profile cases of violence and brutality with episodic, not sustainable outrage
NAACP NATIONAL TASK FORCE ON QUALITY EDUCATION AND CHRONICALLY FAILING SCHOOLS
February 15, 2017
Effective, committed leadership—and leadership accountability—are central for developing sustainable solutions to chronically failing public schools