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What a week for Epicenter NYC - $250k from Mellon - offsite to plot 2024 - quoted in NYT - presented at Local News Summit on our diversified revenue mix rooted in community uplift Now best news of all: - Femi Redwood joins as Editorial Director epicenter-nyc.com/femi-redwood-j…

I love Julia she's one of the best!

It’s never the best time to announce this but been meaning to share I received a layoff notice from Los Angeles Times last month. Not ideal, some feelings about it, but alas, we move. A quick thread on what I’m thinking about next. Walk with me. 🧵

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The LA Times needs its billionaire. Me in San Francisco Chronicle sfchronicle.com/opinion/openfo…

THIS

The Los Angeles Times has really stepped up to the moment. I hope some of its critics are reminded of the essential work it does.

CA residents forget that we have land advantages over other states, which shouldn’t be confused for some innate brilliance we have that qualifies us to be siloed off from America. My column: sfchronicle.com/opinion/openfo…

Gov. Gavin Newsom's new digital town hall doesn’t appear to be accompanied by a robust process for turning suggestions into law. Will citizens actually be heard? Me in San Francisco Chronicle sfchronicle.com/opinion/openfo…

When I lived in Houston, I had a good conversation with a woman who traveled from motel to motel. She told me that the reason she was in that situation was bc her husband physically abused her. She chose to get away from that situation. She didn't have anyone else to stay with.

Fascinating statistic from the tourism folks testifying today’s Los Angeles City Council meeting: The average American thinks 41% of LA was destroyed by the fires in January. The reality is 2%. Most Americans really don’t understand the sprawl of this city, county or state.

Paging Victoria Legrand, it’s urgent 🚨

Why aren’t great Black thinkers called philosophers? 'Philosophy has a race problem. Less than 2% of members of the American Philosophical Association are Black. This exclusion is harming us all.' sfchronicle.com/opinion/openfo…

"So what might have changed if thinkers like Baldwin had been recognized as philosophers, not just commentators? If philosophy departments taught Baldwin’s meditations on identity and freedom alongside Locke and Rousseau..." sfchronicle.com/opinion/openfo…

i think the beauty of success is the fact that not everyone needs to be famous or the greatest in their industry to live a good, stable life there are many people who are quietly prominent in their fields, who perhaps are ‘celebrities’ to those involved in the same field, but

NEW BY ME ✍🏼 I interviewed Alice Bag and Kid Congo Powers about being Chicano punk pioneers — then I rocked out at their punk puppet show! latimes.com/delos/story/20…