Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Black, Missing and Disregarded

*Ashley Marie Williams. This is a name that few, if asked in L.A., would know. But Williams looms large in an issue that …

*One of Malcolm X’s oft-repeated quips about Black victimization was “The criminal (the oppressor) can make the criminal …

*It’s a sight that has grown more commonplace and even more agonizing. And with good reason. In 2024 the Urban …

*Donald Trump may have the lightest number of legislators in living memory to hear his State of the Union address. More …

*The news that civil rights icon the reverend Jesse Jackson passed has ignited an avalanche of media and public …

*President Trump was asked whether he fired the staff member who, unbeknownst to him, posted a video that depicted …

*No one could have been more elated than Trump at the release of millions more pages of documents by the Justice …

*On New Year’s Eve 2025 in Los Angeles, Keith Porter Jr. was allegedly gunned down by Brian Palacios, a Hispanic ICE …

*LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell was emphatic at a news conference days before the January 30 nationwide anti-ICE protests. He …

“Officers may use deadly force only when the law enforcement officer has a reasonable belief that the subject of such …

*I can’t begin to describe the exhilarating surge of relief and joy I felt when I stood in front of a family member’s …

*On three different occasions, I witnessed in person a street takeover. The first time it was a block from my house. It …

*There is a good reason for the euphoria legions of Blacks to feel and express about the historic first of two African …

*Let’s be clear, the five former Black Memphis police officers got everything they deserved for beating Tyre Nichols to …

*The reform proposals for the Los Angeles City Council have flown fast and furious in the days after the unholy three …