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Obama ready to accept party's nomination
 | | Illinois Sen. Barack Obama is poised to accept the Democratic Party's nomination for president Thursday in Denver. His candidacy is galvanizing African-Americans to get out the vote for the November election. |
By ANDRE HERNDON, Executive Editor 28.AUG.08
Anticipation for Thursday night's convention speech builds as delegates from L.A. and across the nation prepare to officially anoint the Democrats' new leader. |
Keeping tabs in and out of the classroom
BY LEILONI DE GRUY, Staff Writer 28.AUG.08
Tapped as the mayor’s new deputy for education, youth and families, Miriam Long wants to take a comprehensive approach to L.A.’s education challenges. South L.A. schools in focus for new education initiative
BY LEILONI DE GRUY, Staff Writer 28.AUG.08
Five schools in Watts are at the center of the mayor's plan to improve conditions on some of the lowest-performing campuses. Aggressive action urged against dropout crisis among L.A.'s Black students
By OLU ALEMORU, Staff Writer 28.AUG.08
With rates on some South L.A. campuses higher than 50 percent, educators devise new strategies and hope for the funding to carry them out.
21.AUG.08 Darren 'Bo' Taylor remembered as one-of-a-kind peacemaker
21.AUG.08 Determined to stay in the black
21.AUG.08 Jailing of Najee Ali rocks L.A. Black activist community
21.AUG.08 Activist Ali Gets Four-Year Term
14.AUG.08 Color correction
14.AUG.08 Friends, supporters shocked by sex and drug accusations
14.AUG.08 Comedian Bernie Mac dies
14.AUG.08 Younger recruits more apt to pull the trigger, town hall told
07.AUG.08 Still banking on the U.S. economy
07.AUG.08 ‘You see recession, I see opportunity’
07.AUG.08 Suits seek $75 million in damages for police killing
07.AUG.08 MTA accused of environmental racism over plans for new rail line
31.JUL.08 Compton raises garbage fees
31.JUL.08 Growth industry
24.JUL.08 Outrage as Inglewood police officer shoots, kills another Black man
24.JUL.08 Irreverence is its own reward
24.JUL.08 Different approaches to pushing the hot button
24.JUL.08 Toxin risk viewed as top concern over new oil wells
24.JUL.08 Continental shift
17.JUL.08 Asked & Answered: Sanaa Lathan
17.JUL.08 Obama in the mainstream media
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