By Jon Regardie Mark Ridley-Thomas was 11 years old when the Watts Rebellion broke out in August 1965. More than a half-century later, images from the uprising that which lasted six days and resulted in 34 deaths, remain indelibly etched […]

In the middle of a global pandemic of unprecedented scale and disproportionate impact on the health and well-being of African Americans, the nation reckons with another. Last week, we all watched in sheer horror as George Floyd took his last […]

As more businesses, services and public amenities reopen, I am now expanding my focus to encompass not only the urgent work of managing the COVID-19 pandemic, but to strategizing how to recover during its aftermath. Sheltering in place has been […]