Articles Posted by dominique
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Family, Unity & Collective Consciousness
Front Page Family Reunion by dominique DiPrima For nearly the past seven years I have been the host of Front Page on 102.3 KJLH-FM in Los Angeles, an iconic Black radio station owned by Stevie Wonder. Front Page is in itself a legendary show, an institution with twenty two years of history, history that includes […]
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Sankofa: Learn From the Past But Look Forward!
by Dominique DiPrima I’m going to be honest, I’m already sick of talking about the 20th anniversary of Los Angeles Civil Unrest (or Rebellion or Riot depending on who you ask.) If I see one more cheesy news story with a re-airing of the beating of Rodney King, I may turn it off for good! […]
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Rodney King to Trayvon Martin: The Perils of Profiling
by Dominique DiPrima Twenty years ago the beating of Rodney King brought decades of anger and frustration to a boiling point and exploded in the streets of Los Angeles and urban centers across the nation. I was in San Francisco at the time and we poured into the downtown area, some chanting, some busting windows, […]
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Peace Without Retreat
20 Years Later…It’s Time to Update Both Our Slogans and Our Strategy by dominique DiPrima It’s been a dizzyingly busy cycle America, in Black America, in South Central Los Angeles. The killing of Trayvon Martin has reawakened the activism of many who have long fought injustice in various ways. It has opened the eyes of […]
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Far From Gulf, a Spill Scourge 5 Decades Old
By ADAM NOSSITER BODO, Nigeria — Big oil spills are no longer news in this vast, tropical land. The Niger Delta, where the wealth underground is out of all proportion with the poverty on the surface, has endured the equivalent of the Exxon Valdez spill every year for 50 years by some estimates. The oil […]
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Former officer apologizes for shooting unarmed man
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Johannes Mehserle says he is “truly sorry” for shooting Oscar Grant Letter says Grant screamed “you shot me” while Mehserle tried to reassure him Jury convicted Mehserle of involuntary manslaughter Family, protesters expressed outrage at the verdict Oakland, California (CNN) — A former police officer convicted of involuntary manslaughter for killing an unarmed […]
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Grim Sleeper suspect stayed below LAPD’s radar
Records show Lonnie David Franklin Jr. was arrested for theft and violent crimes, and although he served time, it was never as much as probation officers recommended.
