Sentinel; Los Angeles, Calif.

Councilman Herb Wesson Kicks Off His Re-Election Campaign

In addition to the large throng of community supporters, Wesson, who is seeking his second filli term on the City Council representing the 10th District, was praised for his outstanding work in serving the needs of his district by the large array of prominent elected officials who came to lend their support.

Black Astronauts

The mission was successful in that it used the proper shuttle deployment of two Hughes 376 communications satellites, and the testing of rendezvous sensors and computer programs. Since Jemison spoke Japanese fluently, her participation in the 'Endeavor' enterprise was critical because it was a US/Japan joint mission, and it was successful.

The President's Meeting with the National Policy Alliance

The President and the participants at the meeting agreed that the federal government should adopt policies that will make our budget leaner and smarter while accelerating economic growth and by the recession while protecting the core services that support communities and African American families hardest hit by the current recession.

Inglewood: There's No Place Like Home

"At the end of the day I am here to make sure that the state signs off process goes smoothly and the district gets all of its funding as quickly as possible, because we keep immaculate records," said Maples. Since joining Turner almost seven years ago, Maples has worked on a variety of different projects in a variety of different cities including The UCLA Ronald Reagan Hospital in Westwood, the UCLA Medical Facility in Santa Monica, Adventist Hospital in Simi Valley, Palmdale Regional Medica...

Mayor Villaraigosa and United Way Kick Off 2011 Earned Income Tax Credit Program

During the 2010 tax season, volunteers provided free tax preparation services to nearly 39,500 households, helping them claim over $36.8 million in total tax refunds and save approximately $6 million in tax preparation fees. $13.5 million of the total refunds were through the EITC.

Coming ... The Hbcu Network

According to Symonds, it all goes as planned, the NBCU Network should debut September 2011.\n

Assemblyman Mike Davis' 4th Annual Job Fair in Exposition Park

Additionally, Willa Robinson, EDD Dcputv Division Chief comments During this current economic time with double digit unemployment, it was a tremendous effort on the part of Assemblyman Mike Davis to partner with EDD to make the connections for job seekers with employers.

Business Inclusion Program

According to the Mayor's office, the City has more small businesses than any other city nationwide, around 325,000.

A Chance to Get Some Answers for Chicago

Income has dropped generally across the metropolitan region by more than 10 percent over the last year. Since 2000, Illinois has lost more man 200,000 manufacturing jobs.

In President Obama's Own Words, the U.S. Postal Service Is Guilty of Human Rights Abuse

[...] we need to stop trying to talk out of both sides of our mouths, because nobody is fooled by it; and secondly, while compromise is generally a very good thing, compromising with the Devil is not compromise at all.

The King of Pop's Final Performance?

[...] on one occasion Michael's mother Katherine, a few others, and I coordinated to meet up for one of the performances. Since I lived at the time in the "Old Town" section of Pasadena, the.

Commentary

The L.A. County District Attorney's Office independently investigates the use of force, as does the Inspector General (IG), which monitors the ongoing investigation and conducts its own independent review. [...] in 2009, we made further changes to our Use of Force Policy making it even more concise, more easily understood and consistent with prevailing law and law enforcement best practice.

Force Black Leaders to Think Outside of the Box

The city's Black mayor, rallying white business leaders and The Atlanta Journal Constitution, fired more than a thousand city employees to crush a strike that resulted when he refiised to honor prior pay raises for Black men who picked up the city's garbage.

Black Is...

Please, Help Me!

Nothing Succeeds Like Success, and Success Is Within You

Even what appears as a failure, can simply be a stepping stone to realizing success? A person interested in success has to learn to view failure as healthy, inevitable part of the process of becoming successful. According to Eastern Philosophy, failure is considered the mother of success.

Black History and the Black Image

What doors were opened by an embarrassment who claimed his fame by bucking his eyes out of his head in childlike fear, by poking his bottom lip out. by stooping his head, or by speaking in a slow dull-witted cartoonish voice designed to provide comedy relief to racists?

Reading Revolution Into Revolt: Cautionary Notes On North Africa

[...] as panAfricanists, we see these struggles as essential to breaking the back of neo-colonia! domination and dependence and moving the African continent forward toward the long-sought goals of unity, self-determination and development in the clear and uncompromising interests of its people. [...] seeing the sign "I Have a Dream" and similar ones in Tunisia and witnessing the call for "A Million Man March" in Egypt reminds us of the special instructive, inspiring and transformative role w...

Yes We Can

We Doin' It