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Nana Gyamfi
Nana Gyamfi has been a human and civil rights attorney with a specialty in criminal defense since 1994. Nana se graduó de la Universidad de Cornell y obtuvo su título de abogado en la Facultad de Derecho de la UCLA. En 1992, cuando aún estaba en la escuela de leyes, Nana worked with Chokwe Lumumba at the Black Law Institute and co-organized and directed the community organizing […]
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Joseph M. Nicchitta
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 […]
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Councilmember Herb J. Wesson, Jr.
Councilmember Herb J. Wesson, Jr. was unanimously elected President of the Los Angeles City Council on November 23, 2011 and officially took office January 2, 2012. He was elected to represent the 10th Council District of the City Los Angeles in a Special Election in November 2005. The voters of the 10th Council District recognized Wesson’s […]
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Mark Ridley-Thomas
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. […]
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Big Sur Tribe Regains Land 250 Years After Being Removed
Casi 250 Hace años, 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…LEER MÁS
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‘It was like a kidnapping’: Viral video shows NYPD officers forcing protester into unmarked van
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…LEER MÁS
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Marie Deary
Marie Deary, is the Founder of Wealth Management Financial Advisors Inc. Marie se especializa en la restauración de crédito, de modificación de préstamo y embalaje, consolidación de la deuda, Paquetes de préstamos de la SBA, prevención de ejecuciones hipotecarias & administración, and keeping our personal finance ships afloat in the wake of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, AIG, y Merrill Lynch en la saga en curso de la actual crisis financiera. Wealth […]
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New Study Reveals Black Children 36 Percent More Likely To Be Seen As Angry
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. Un 2018 study has previously shown that Black students in K-12 schools are more likely to be…LEER MÁS
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LeBron James To Donate $100K To Help Ex-Felons Vote In Florida
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 […]
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Gap in U.S. Black and white unemployment rates is widest in five years
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% de 12.4%, while the rate for Blacks dropped 1.4 points to 15.4% de 16.8%, according to data released by the Labor Department on Thursday. En […]
