Recently added articles from Los Angeles Sentinel:
Crumbling of a Legacy? Inside Johnnie L. Cochran Law Firm Looks the Same but Behind the Scenes is a Different Picture
Mar 08, 2006; ... Miller, Kenneth Los Angeles Sentinel 03-08-2006 Part 1 Inside the office building on the 10th floor at 4929 Wilshire the late Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. established a legal legacy fighting the scales of justice that so frequently tilted against poor African Americans who ...
Barden Bucks Odds
Mar 08, 2006; ... Miller, Kenneth Los Angeles Sentinel 03-08-2006 LAS VEGAS, NV.--Right off the boulevard of broken dreams where slots are king and bright lights beam African American entrepreneur Don H. Barden increased his property collection here. Barden, who is the first and only ...
Katrina Victims Coming to Their Own Aid; Though Mardi Gras has rolled on past, we will not forget New Orleans.
Mar 08, 2006; ... Sabathia, Christine G. Los Angeles Sentinel 03-08-2006 The rain poured heavily down while we stood for hours underneath a tent, waiting to enter the NBC studio of the Ellen Degeneres Show. But we certainly were not going to let a bit of ugly weather rain on our ...
California Prison Reformer Calls It Quits; Prison guard union and unfair attacks by legislators are to blame, he said.
Mar 08, 2006; ... Bihm, Jennifer Los Angeles Sentinel 03-08-2006 Corrections Secretary Roderick Hickman, once responsible for prison and parole reform in California announced his resignation Monday, citing lack of government support for his efforts. He also expressed his unwillingness to deal ...
DCFS Seeks Mentors
Mar 08, 2006; ... Taylor, Francis Los Angeles Sentinel 03-08-2006 The Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) has teamed with the South Bay Community Partnership Council to coordinate and implement a new mentor program called Teen Empowerment through Amazing Mentor Support (TEAMS) ...
Black Employees Claim Harassment and Discrimination by Hispanic Coworkers
Mar 08, 2006; ... Bihm, Jennifer Los Angeles Sentinel 03-08-2006 Group is waiting for EEOC investigation to end so they can file class action lawsuit. At least six African American employees said that they have continued to be harassed and intimidated at work, especially after filing a ...
Perry Introduces Cap To Increase City Services
Mar 08, 2006; ... Taylor, Frances Los Angeles Sentinel 03-08-2006 As part of the City Council discussion regarding the 2006-2007 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds, Councilwoman Jan Perry received unanimous support for a friendly amendment she introduced that would encourage the ...
Parks Hosts Nix Check Cashing
Mar 08, 2006; ... Taylor, Francis Los Angeles Sentinel 03-08-2006 Councilmember Bernard C. Parks recently hosted a City of Los Angeles Ceremony honoring Nix Check Cashing for providing quality financial services to the community for over 40 years and for their mission of giving back to the ...
Editorial
Mar 08, 2006 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 03-08-2006 Upon Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's election in 2003 he and now former corrections secretary Rod Hickman seemed almost valiant when they announced how they would reform California's troubled prison system. In last year's state of the state ...
DR. CARR'S CORNER OF KEMET; Talking to a Terrorist; Israel's Black Palestinian 'Enemy of the State'
Mar 08, 2006; ... Carr, Firpo Los Angeles Sentinel 03-08-2006 A month ago today, on February 2, 2006, part one of this two-part series ended with the following quote from Ali Muhammad Jeddah, Israel's terrorist "Enemy of the State," a Black Palestinian living in the African Quarter of East ...
Blame Bush for Any Storm in the Ports
Mar 08, 2006; ... Jackson, Jesse L., Sr. Los Angeles Sentinel 03-08-2006 Americans have every good reason to be aroused by the deal to hand over management of six major U.S. ports to a company owned by the United Arab Emirates. But don't get trapped in the hot, xenophobic anti-Arab ...
URBAN PERSPECTIVE; Ineffective African American Leadership Redux
Mar 08, 2006; ... Aubry, Larry Los Angeles Sentinel 03-08-2006 Constant, critical analysis of African American leadership is imperative. It has long functioned with laissez faire, lack of accountability standards and failed to honorably serve its constituents. New standards and more stringent ...
Black Women's History; Celebrating Miracles, Wonders and Struggle
Mar 08, 2006; ... Karenga, Maulana Los Angeles Sentinel 03-08-2006 This is the month for celebrating the miracles and wonders we call Black women, that other half of our community which makes us, as a people, whole, these equal and most worthy partners in love and struggle to bring good ...
BETWEEN THE LINES; 'Beware Of Fools'; Lessons God Teaches Us Through Those Empowered With His Word
Mar 08, 2006; ... Samad, A. Asadullah Los Angeles Sentinel 03-08-2006 I had the opportunity to witness the "coming out" of a close friend of mine, Jewett Walker, Jr., as he gave his first sermon on his way into the ministry. Jewett and I have similar backgrounds in terms of working in and/or ...
THE BRIDGE; Absolution
Mar 08, 2006; ... James, Darryl Los Angeles Sentinel 03-08-2006 "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us." --The Lord's Prayer We've all heard that passage before--Christian, Muslim, Jew and Atheist alike-as there are many variations on the same theme ....
The Truth About Salad
Mar 08, 2006; ... Jackson, Kristin N. Los Angeles Sentinel 03-08-2006 Motivating one's self to regularly exercise and eat healthy is a hard thing to do. Part of the challenge lies in a person's willingness to push themselves to work out and eat right. He or she must be ready to physically and ...
Dr. Keith Black Mixes Compassion with Skill
Mar 08, 2006; ... Bihm, Jennifer Los Angeles Sentinel 03-08-2006 A few years ago Los Angeles resident Lydia Mouton woke up with a start. Intense waves of an unknown source of pain filled her head. Instinctively, she knew she was in serious trouble. God saved her, she said, by leading her to a ...
Assemblymember Horton Stands With Community Leaders Against Discriminatory Hospital Plan; Blue Cross transition plan would jeopardize low income patients' safety
Mar 08, 2006 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 03-08-2006 Assemblyman Jerome E. Horton stood with patients, hospital administrators, community leaders and union healthcare workers to urge California Department of Managed Care to reject Blue Cross' transition plan Monday. The plan would force more ...
Education Advantage Foundation
Mar 08, 2006; ... Holliverse, April Los Angeles Sentinel 03-08-2006 The idea of a 'company' making efforts to help a 'community' help itself is heard of rarely. Large corporations are usually portrayed as an overshadowing entity that look down on the little people as simply a means to an end, ...
Deficiencies Removed from Head Start Program; "We were removed from deficiency which is a big deal,"
Mar 08, 2006; ... Benson, Marquel N. Los Angeles Sentinel 03-08-2006 The Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) conducted the Head Start Follow-up Review in the first week of December 2005. The review type was a special triennial follow-up that examined the Head Start and Early ...