May 19 marks what would have been Malcolm X’s 95th birthday. The legendary activist became a driving force in the civil rights movement and was the face of resistance against an oppressive system that believed blacks did not deserve the same rights as others in this country. Today, his legacy lives on in his famous […]
It is with sadness that we report long time Sentinel columnist Larry Aubry has passed. Aubry began writing for the L.A. Sentinel in the early 1980s, and was known for being unafraid to speak the truth, building bridges, and…READ MORE
LONDON (Reuters) – A mental illness crisis is looming as millions of people worldwide are surrounded by death and disease and forced into isolation, poverty and anxiety by the pandemic of COVID-19, United Nations health experts said on Thursday. “The isolation, the fear, the uncertainty, the economic turmoil – they all cause or could cause psychological […]
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 […]
DR. TRACY SHAW is the Assistant Director and Training Coordinator of the Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program at Loyola Marymount University’s Student Psychological Services. She is also a licensed psychologist in the state of California. Dr. Shaw received her Masters and Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology with a minor in substance abuse and sport psychology from Southern Illinois […]
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 University of Southern California. His political career was preceded by five-years as a high school teacher followed by a decade as executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Greater Los Angeles. Mark Ridley-Thomas […]
Curley L. Bonds, M.D., is a psychiatrist with extensive experience in a variety of clinical, academic and research settings. Most recently, he is the Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at Charles R. Drew University School of Medicine (CDU) in Los Angeles and was the Medical Director for Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services. Dr. Bonds […]
In early March, Ingrid Gercama left her home in the Netherlands and flew to war-torn South Sudan. An applied-research anthropologist with a special interest in epidemics, she had spent time on the African continent during a public-health emergency before, remaining in Liberia, in 2014, during that country’s Ebola outbreak. When she landed at the frill-free […]
Damien Goodmon is the Founder and Executive Director of the nonprofit Crenshaw Subway Coalition (“CSC”). CSC and it’s successor organization the Citizens’ Campaign to Fix the Expo Rail Line seeks to empower stakeholder groups in the area of Crenshaw-Leimert Park-Hyde Park and highlight the issues of equitable and community-centered transportation planning in the pursuit of racial and […]
Saharah Ali Urban Psychic LA 3rd Eye Thursday Affirmation Today, I allow my mind, body, and spirit to be clear of thoughts, actions, or deeds that create adversity. I respect trust and know that divine healing light guides and directs all aspects of my life. I now go free to celebrate the manifestation of miracles […]