A new United Nations report paints a bleak picture: The commitments countries pledged to limit the climate crisis are nowhere near enough to stave off record-high temperatures. Delaying change any further will make it impossible to reach desired temperature goals. The time for “rapid and transformational” change to limit global warming is now, the report says. The UN […]
Now comes the part where white people abandon us. Now comes the part where the white majority impatiently demands a return to normalcy. Now comes the part where white people say, “I believe that Black Lives Matter, but…” Now comes the part where white people start literally…READ MORE
Thabiti has been an herbalist and Certified Iridologist for the past 20 years. Thabiti Umoja was born in Morgan City Louisiana and raised in the Los Angeles and San Diego areas. In 1988, Thabiti was involved in a tragic car accident. As he was outside his vehicle attending his Volkswagen (which broke down), another car struck him moving […]
Sherrell Dorsey is a tech journalist, social entrepreneur, and speaker. Sherrell runs community development consulting company BLKTECH Interactive which manages BLKTECHCLT, North Carolina’s first hub supporting over 2,000 entrepreneurs and technologists of color and two municipalities. Sherrell founded ThePLUG, the first daily tech newsletter covering founders and innovators in black tech news, in 2016. ThePLUG […]
A three-time GRAMMY-nominated artist/producer/multi-instrumentalist from the Crenshaw District, Terrace Martin is renowned as being one of the top jazz musicians in the world and has become a creative engine at the epicenter of LA's progressive hip-hop scene. His noteworthy production has included major collaborations with Kendrick Lamar (good kid, M.A.A.D. city & the GRAMMY-winning […]
Stephen Cheung is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of LAEDC and the President of World Trade Center Los Angeles (WTCLA). In his role as COO, he brings together the capabilities of LAEDC’s mission-delivery department areas, including: Business Assistance and Industry Cluster Development; LAEDC’s Institute for Applied Economics; Communications & Marketing; and Public Policy, into a […]
A native Angeleno, Sausedo has been engaged and involved with civic matters that impact youth, economic development, social justice and literacy for over 30 years. He, along with several of his colleagues, led a post-1992 Civil Unrest effort to rebuild and expand the Jefferson – Vassie D. Wright Memorial Branch Library in the Jefferson Park […]
Benjamin Franklin Chavis, Jr, was born on January 22, 1948, in Oxford, North Carolina. Chavis’s parents were educators who taught at a school for African American orphans. Chavis’s activism was in his bloodline; his grandfather, John Chavis, the first black graduate from Princeton University, set up an underground school for African Americans who were forbidden […]
Saharah Ali Urban Psychic LA 3rd Eye Thursday Full Moon Affirmation Today, I open myself to the wholeness of silence. I willingly receive divine guidance towards my highest good. I release any and all judgments surrendering my expectations to embrace truth. I allow myself to know God is the giver and the gift of all […]
Early 100 years after white mobs slaughtered Black residents and destroyed a prosperous Black business district in Tulsa, Okla., survivors of the massacre and descendants of the victims filed a lawsuit against the city and others on Tuesday, saying they must be compensated for the losses they endured. Greenwood was once a booming business district in Tulsa, […]