Nana Gyamfi has been a human and civil rights attorney with a specialty in criminal defense since 1994. Nana gegradueer van Cornell Universiteit en het haar graad in die regte van die UCLA School of Law. In 1992, terwyl hy nog in die wet skool, Nana worked with Chokwe Lumumba at the Black Law Institute and co-organized and directed the community organizing […]
Joseph M. Nicchitta was appointed by the Board of Supervisors on October 16, 2018, to serve as the fourth director in the department’s 42-year history. He had been DCBA’s Interim Director since May. Nicchitta leads DCBA while retaining his role as the County’s Cannabis Management Officer. In that role, which he has held since 2016, Nicchitta has direct […]
Councilmember Herb J. Wesson, Jr. is eenparig verkies tot President van die Los Angeles Stadsraad op November 23, 2011 en amptelik het kantoor Januarie 2, 2012. Hy is verkies die 10de Raad distrik van die stad Los Angeles te verteenwoordig in 'n spesiale verkiesing in November 2005. The voters of the 10th Council District recognized Wesson’s […]
Mark Ridley-Thomas is a graduate of Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles and earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Immaculate Heart College. He went on to receive his doctorate from the The University of Southern California. His political career was preceded by five-years as a high school teacher followed by a decade as the executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Greater Los Angeles. […]
Byna 250 jaar gelede, when Spanish soldiers built a military outpost in Monterey and Franciscan padres founded the Carmel, Soledad, and San Antonio missions nearby, the Esselen tribe — who had lived in the area for 8,000 years — was decimated. Brought to the missions to be…Lees meer
When an unmarked Kia minivan screeched to a stop near protesters marching in Manhattan on Tuesday evening, the demonstrators’ surprise swiftly gave way to alarm. Several New York Police Department officers wearing T-shirts and shorts spilled out of the van and grabbed…Lees meer
Marie Deary, is the Founder of Wealth Management Financial Advisors Inc. Marie spesialiseer in krediet herstel, lening verandering en verpakking, skuld konsolidasie, SBA lening verpakking, negatief voorkoming & bestuur, en die behoud van ons persoonlike finansies skepe kop bo water in die nasleep van die ineenstorting van Lehman Brothers, AIG, en Merrill Lynch in die op gaan saga van die huidige finansiële krisis. Wealth […]
The ongoing case of “Grace,” detained for not completing her online schoolwork, has reignited a national conversation about how Black children are treated and punished in school. 'N 2018 study has previously shown that Black students in K-12 schools are more likely to be…Lees meer
NBA superstar LeBron James has teamed with several Black athletes and entertainers to launch a non-profit aimed at fighting voter suppression against Florida residents with past felony convictions. James established More Than A Vote in the wake of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis on Memorial Day. Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young, Phoenix Mercury guard Skylar Diggins-Smith and former NBA player Jalen Rose are among those also involved […]
Jobless rates for both groups fell in June, but the rate for whites came down at a much faster rate. The white unemployment rate fell 2.3 percentage points to 10.1% uit 12.4%, while the rate for Blacks dropped 1.4 points to 15.4% uit 16.8%, according to data released by the Labor Department on Thursday. Op […]