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Mothers rally at Men’s Central Jail on Mother’s Day to protest in-custody deaths

  Mother’s Day protest held outside Men’s Central Jail   Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — Mother’s Day included a…

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2025 TV Upfronts preview: Tracy Morgan, Erika Alexander lead slate of new shows and specials

By Bill Vaughan Entertainment Writer The 2025 Upfronts, a preview of the upcoming television season presented to advertisers and ad…

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New novel ‘The Young Samaritan’ reimagines a lost witness to Christ’s arrest — Book Corner

By Marissa Wells Contributing Writer “The Young Samaritan,” by J. Schuyler Sprowles, follows the extraordinary adventure of Joshua, a young…

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Exposition Park to host Dysonna Arts & Jazz Festival May 18

Donna Dyson  By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer EXPOSITION PARK — Donna Dyson is a true creative. Once she sets her…

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Winnie Mandela’s sentencing and its aftermath: May 14, 1991 — This Week in Black History

On May 14, 1991, Winnie Mandela is sentenced to six years in prison in South Africa for her involvement in…

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Inside a Los Angeles STEM event inspiring the next generation of Black innovators

Wave Staff Report DOWNEY — About 50 students from across the Los Angeles area attended an event May 1 to…

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From South LA streets to youth mentor: How a Crips co-founder survived prison, cancer and injustice

By Stephen Oduntan Contributing Writer He lay shackled to a prison bed, arms and legs stretched wide in a crucifix-like…

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30 years after the riots, South LA nonprofits fight for Black community trust

  By Naomi McSwain Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — Leaders of what are apparently the only two local private nonprofits…

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Thousands march in LA for May Day, demanding workers’ and immigrants’ rights

Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — Thousands of union members, immigrant-rights supporters and others flooded the streets of downtown Los…

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Kerry Washington brings ‘Shadow Force’ to the big screen — BILL VAUGHAN’S TASTY CLIPS

  By Bill Vaughan Entertainment Writer As an actress and producer, Kerry Washington (“Scandal,” “Unprisoned,” “Little Fires Everywhere”) has been…

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