The headlines read as though they were written by protesters who routinely demonstrated outside the Los Angeles County district attorneys office. Why I Dont Trust Prosecutors. When Police And Prosecutors Are Partners in Crime. When Innocence Is Inconvenient. Unsparingly criticizing the nations largest prosecutors office, the accompanying essays accused the…

Lin-Manuel Miranda has spoken out about the negative effects of social media at the Edinburgh TV Festival. “[The voices] can be loud in your head, good and bad,” the “Hamilton” writer and actor said. “And when you’re an artist who puts things into the world, you know, you’re always having…

Marvel has partnered with SOMOS Community Care for a pro-vaccination campaign in New York City targeting Asian, Black, and Latino communities. Spice of life themed Hollywood gossip rag Variety received the EXXXCLUSIVE press release from Marvel on the project, including a statement by SOMOS co-founder Henry R. Muñoz, III. This…

Housing justice is racial justice—a truth that will become all too clear in the coming months as eviction moratoriums expire. As this civil rights crisis unfolds, lawyers must act: By assisting tenants facing eviction, lawyers can help keep families in their homes and prevent a looming disaster.. In the next…

The Avengers are hoping their superpowers will encourage people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 Marvel Entertainment and New York City’s SOMOS Community Care have teamed up for a new PSA campaign to promote vaccinations in Black, Latino and Asian communities. The campaign, created by Funny or Die studio head and…

The far-right Patriots who organized Sundays Proud Boys rally in Portland, Oregon, cynically billed the event as Summer of Love while preparing for the event by sharing ideas about combat gear and ginning each other up for the street brawling that is their raison detre. Then, following a rally at…

Presented by Californians for Broadband Equity THE BUZZ YES OR NO ON ONE AND DONE?Anybody who has interest in California politics is getting the question from distraught Democrats these days: Do we ignore the second question on the recall ballot? The first question facing 22 million California voters in the…

More than 20 years ago, I sat down to talk with a Black cop from New York City. He had a weightlifter’s powerful hands, a quick-trigger tongue, and a scar on the back of his shaved head from his days in a youth gang.At the time, the relationship between police…

Jevin Hodge (L), State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta (C) and Wisconsin Lt. Gov Mandela Barnes (R) are … [+] running for federal office and hoping to change the face of the Democratic Party Richard Fowler Recent U.S. Census data makes it very clear that the American population and its electorate are…

Los Angeles City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas took much of City Hall by surprise last week, revealing that after months of speculation, he had closed the door on a bid for mayor. The announcement served as a potent reminder that the candidate pool in the June 2022 election remains remarkably thin.…