Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — Local elected officials had positive thoughts April 7 regarding the U.S. Senate’s confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to […]
Tag: U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters
Barbara Morrison remembered during celebration of life
Wave Staff Report LEIMERT PARK — The community said goodbye to local musical icon Barbara Morrison at a celebration of life March 26 outside the […]
Alliance backs Rooney Rule despite NFL lack of diversity
By Ray Richardson Contributing Writer As the NFL faces more scrutiny over the lack of Black head coaches on the sidelines, the Fritz Pollard Alliance […]
Waters pays visit to Vermont Avenue homeless camp
Wave Staff Report SOUTH LOS ANGELES — U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters got a firsthand look at the area’s homeless problem last week when she paid […]
Waters may sue Fox News over ‘false reporting’
By Ray Richardson Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters said she is considering a lawsuit against the conservative Fox News Network for […]
Waters intends to play role in police reform legislation
By Ray Richardson Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — Delighted with Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict for the murder of George Floyd, U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters is […]
New Community Build vice president has vast background
Q&A WITH ALBERT LORD By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer Albert Edmund Lord III is no stranger to rolling up his sleeves and getting to work. […]
Women activists have always paved the way in South L.A.
By Janice Hayes Kyser Contributing Writer Following the 1965 Watts riots, South Los Angeles was hurt and broken. Not only were buildings destroyed, lives were […]
‘A PROUD DAY:’ ‘While I may be the first woman in this office, I won’t be the last’ — VP-elect Kamala Harris
Wave Staff and Wire Reports LOS ANGELES —The election of California Senator Kamala Harris as the nation’s first female, African-American and Asian-American vice president continued […]
L.A. officials pay tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — Tributes continue to pour in for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who lost her battle with cancer […]