Eliminating Bias May Be as Simple as Perking Up Your Ears
The insidious nature of implicit bias, the life-saving value of story-listening and how to start a business while standing in the unemployment line were the salient points of discussion during the recent Black Lives Matter Town Hall meeting on Nov. 20 via Zoom.com....
City College Hosts Police Reform Forum
Whether incremental reform or complete defunding and restructure, the discussion was wide-ranging when Los Angeles City College hosted a discussion about solutions to police violence and accountability on Nov. 12 when the Office of the Chancellor and Los Angeles College Faculty Guild, AFT Local 1521 Social Justice Committee sponsored the webinar “Pursuing Racial Equity in Police Reform” hosted on...
Generation Zoom Learns Online
As the battle against COVID-19 rages, L.A. City College professors adopt a new style of teaching. By William B. Torrez America enters its eighth month of lockdown, and it does not seem like it will unlock any time soon. People in America are adjusting to their work environment by working remotely. Colleges are no exception. ......
District Seeks New Security Service for 9 Colleges
Sheriff’s Department to look for a new company to provide security for its nine colleges....
Lies Refuted in Case for African American Reparations
A Chinese American named Xue Yongkang published a racist article titled “The United States Does Not Need to Compensate the Descendants of Black Slaves” in World Journal, a conservative Chinese-language newspaper, in July....
Actor-Activist Danny Glover Joins BLM Town Hall
Robey Theater Company Co-Founders Danny Glover and Ben Guillory lead in staged reading of ‘Revolutionary Genocide,’ via Zoom. Los Angeles Department of Civil and Human Rights Executive Director presents protection plan.
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Residents, BLM Activists Gather to Condemn Killings
Tiara Lucas commutes every day from her Westmont neighborhood of South Los Angeles to Los Angeles International Airport where she inspects passengers for the U.S. Transportation Security Administration....
The era of Benjamin Crump
Benjamin Crump saw his uncle beaten by police when he was a boy about six or seven years old. They pulled him over for speeding, allegedly. At that tender age, young Ben could figure out his uncle was a target because he was college-educated and drove a nice car....
Three Armenia Protest Vigil Moments
The protestors set tins filled with sand and candles forming a cross at the intersection. Prayers and speeches were said in Armenian....
Social Justice Center Organizers Blaze Path for Racial Equity
New center will host forums and scholarship on racial justice. LACC president seeks campus space and $10 million endowment....
City Student Death shocks community
A fatal shooting on June 18, 2020 of Andres Guardado, an 18-year- old Los Angeles Trade-Technical College (LATTC) student by a deputy from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) in a county unincorporated area of Gardena....
Student Reporters Question Chancellor at Zoom Conference
Student Press Gets Answers from State Chancellor on Virus....
Immigrants Pay Taxes, But Reap Few Benefits
It is like they do not exist. I was heartbroken to learn this. It is wrong....
Flip the Script on Meat
I am not in agreement with cruelty on any scale, man or beast, but what is the process for getting life-sustaining products such as beef, poultry, pork, turkey and fish to people?...
Killing of a Transgender Woman in East Hollywood
Surveillance cameras recorded the violence as three or more men surrounded Aniya “Asia” Parker, one appeared to strike her in the face and another shot her in the head as she walked away....
