Within the space of 24 hours last week, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and the county Board of Supervisors announced a package of aid and […]
Tag: Earl Ofari Hutchinson
President Trump has become the ‘Inciter in Chief’: The Hutchinson Report
On June10, I was at the National Guard deployment facility on Alameda Street in downtown Los Angeles. The National Guard quickly took the ground and […]
Why so many back Trump even when he ruins them | The Hutchinson Report
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Contributing Columnist This is the first of a two-part series based on Hutchinson’s latest book, “Conned: Why MAGA Nation?” (Middle Passage Press). Nearly […]
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Council needs to follow Bass and cut its pay, too
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Columnist Mayor Karen Bass did the right thing. She did something that elected officials almost universally are loath to […]
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Los Angeles’s budget crisis is just getting started
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Columnist The warning signs were there for months — maybe even years. Sooner or later, but likely sooner, Los Angeles […]
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Wildfires show insurance redlining still taking place
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Writer “So far my insurance company has been prompt in payments to me to begin damage repair.” My cousin made […]
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Pausing Black History Month doesn’t stop Black history
The Los Angeles City Council celebrated Black History Month Feb. 7 with a ceremony in City Hall. The U.S. Department of Defense ordered a pause […]
ANALYSIS: Can we survive Trump-fueled hate over next 4 years?
Yes, some activists say. The prescription is as old as the Black struggle itself By Janice Hayes Kyser Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES – President-elect Donald Trump’s […]
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Trump stokes Black fears over immigrants
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Writer If I had a nickel for every time I have heard a Black friend, associate or relative loudly complain […]
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Remembering the other Bob Marley
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Columnist Now that the Bob Marley biopic “One Love” has hit the big screen, there’s one question that I have been asked […]