Articles Posted by Front Page News

  • Tanua Thrash,

      Tunua Thrash: Executive Director, is an economic development expert and urban real estate development finance professional with over 15 years of experience. Her leadership in a number of important initiatives surrounding urban revitalization, affordable housing development, urban infill, and transit-oriented development has literally transformed South Los Angeles. As Executive Director of West Angeles Community […]

  • More Help for Homeowners (Free Event)

      MORE HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS – FREE EVENT Where: WEST ANGELES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 6030 CRENSHAW BLVD. L.A., C.A. 90043 When: Saturday 12-08-12 Doors open at 9:30am Event 10am – 2pm For more info go to:Website: www.westangelescdc.org Or call: Phone# 323-7513440

  • New iPhone App Points the Way to Black-Owned Businesses

    Around The Way, a New York-based company, and Clearly Innovative, a Washington, D.C.-based mobile-all development firm, have launched a mobile app that backers claim will empower and support black-owned businesses. “Other ethnic groups have been supporting their own businesses literally for thousands of years,” said Eric Hamilton, chief marketing officer and co-founder of Around The […]

  • Shooting of Florida teen is no Trayvon Martin case, attorney says

    The attorney for a Florida man who shot at a car of teens over the weekend, killing one, says the incident bears no resemblance to the Trayvon Martin case. Her client, Michael Dunn, is no “vigilante” but did feel threatened and shot out of “self defense,” the attorney said. “There are no comparisons to the […]

  • Joseph McClendon III

    Joseph McClendon III, Author “Get Happy Now”, is a global leader in the peak performance field. As an instructor at the University of California (UCLA), Joseph taught re-engineering, leadership, management, and advanced communication courses for the Engineering and Management Extension program. His company, Pro-Sequences Research Group, is a leading peak performance coaching organization that works […]

  • Alice Randall & Caroline Randall Williams

    Caroline Randall Williams, Poet, and Co-Author with Mom (Alice Randall) “The Diary of B.B. Bright Possible Princess”, is a Harvard graduate with a degree in English. As an aspiring writer, she is interested in the narrative exploration of the biological, emotional and spiritual elements of womanhood. Alice Randall, is the author of The Wind Done […]

  • AIDS DEBATE with Thabiti & Dr. Oliver Brooks

    Thabiti V. Umoja (right), Iridologist and Herbalist at “Simply Wholesome” Health Store in Los Angeles and Manufacturer of C & S Formulas. Thabiti99@yahoo.com or Simply Wholesome Ph# 323-294-2144 Dr. Oliver Brooks (left), Associate Medical Director and Chief of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, and Chairman of the Quality Management Committee at Watts Health Care Corporation. Dr. […]

  • Half of young people with HIV don’t know it

    Almost a quarter of new HIV cases are seen in young people, and more than half of them don’t know they’re infected, says a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. According to the report, more than 12,000 new cases occurred in young people aged 13 to 24 in 2010, and close to […]

  • Brazil swears in nation’s first black Supreme Court president

    SAO PAULO, Brazil — Joaquim Barbosa, a judge famous for his tough stand against political corruption, has been sworn in as the first black president of Brazil’s Supreme Court. At the ceremony Thursday in Brasília, the capital, his work was widely praised by politicians, artists and public figures. He spoke of the challenges ahead for […]

  • Black Friday shopping hits a new record

    Apparently, full stomachs after Thanksgiving dinners get people in the mood for some real shopping. Customers flocked in to early store openings on Thanksgiving day to scoop up “doorbuster” deals. A record 247 million shoppers visited stores and websites in the post-Thanksgiving Black Friday weekend this year, up 9% from 226 million last year, according […]