Aldon Thomas Stiles | California Black Media In November, Associate Justice Kelli Evans became the third Black Associate Justice on the California Supreme Court. Black justices now make up half of the Associate Justices on the state’s High Court. The state Supreme Court consists of a Chief Justice and sixContinue Reading
Angela Birdsong | CBM Contributing Writer About 200 protesters gathered on Nov. 24 at wholesale cash and carry foodservice supplier Restaurant Depot/Jetro in Culver City to demand justice for Passion Schoolfield, a single Black mother who was fired for expressing an opinion about Ye, the rapper also known as KanyeContinue Reading
Edward Henderson | California Black Media Yvonne Wheeler was elected the new President of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, (LA Fed) Nov. 21. The historic unanimous vote by her peers makes Wheeler the first Black woman to hold the title and makes her one of the mostContinue Reading
Kisha Smith In the wake of L.A.’s newly elected leadership and in an effort to move past the city council scandal sparked by leaked racist tapes, a coalition of faith and community leaders gathered this week to echo the call for the resignations of Councilmembers Gil Cedillo and Kevin deContinue Reading
Staff With little more than three weeks to pull an administration together and her swearing in set for December 12, the top priority of Mayor Elect Karen Bass assembling a team focused on bringing unhoused individuals indoors and making L.A. safer and more affordable. “My number one priority is assemblingContinue Reading
Staff Palm Springs has a problem. A square mile east of downtown Palm Springs is an area known as Section 14. While it is presently owned by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians and its members, it was for decades the only place Black and Mexican Americans could buildContinue Reading
Edward Henderson | California Black Media Gas prices have a crippling hold on California drivers. As averages currently stand at $5.46 for regular and $5.80 for premium, what is the incentive for oil companies to lower their prices while their profits skyrocket? California refiners Phillips 66 and Marathon reported profit increasesContinue Reading
McKenzie Jackson | California Black Media When hip hop icon and fashion designer Kanye West wore a black, long-sleeved shirt with “WHITE LIVES MATTER” emblazoned on the backside in white block letters at his Yeezy fashion show in Paris on Oct. 3, it started a national conversation on racism that intensified four days later when WestContinue Reading
Mark Hedin For 25 years, California’s Contractor Development and Bonding Program has been working to expand and diversify the state’s contracting industry. It’s a win-win. Taxpayers save money on public projects when a larger pool of qualified bidders compete for government contracts, which go to whichever one offers theContinue Reading
Peter White|Ethnic Media Services Despite new laws to keep people from voting and gerrymandering election districts to take away the power of minority communities, the Republican “red wave” that pollsters predicted ahead of last week’s midterms didn’t happen. Ethnic Media Services debriefed six experts on their reactions to the electionContinue Reading
