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How canteen prices in prison are out of hand when incarcerated people are making pennies

Plus, our collabs with The Markup and Santa Monica College

Shwetha Ganesh25 days ago

Today's the day!

Our NewsMatch campaign

AfroLA Media Groupa month ago

Largest gathering of Black surfers comes to SoCal 🏄🏾‍♂️

Plus, how one Black swim instructor is defying stereotypes

Shwetha Ganesh3 months ago

Happy belated birthday, Beyoncé 🥳

Plus, a new In Living Color episode dropped!

Shwetha Ganesh3 months ago

TGIF—finally ready for the long weekend 🙏🏽

Plus, L.A.'s teachers are facing tough choices

Shwetha Ganesh3 months ago

How are we all doing after the hurriquake?!

Plus, how veterans at community colleges need a housing solution

Shwetha Ganesh3 months ago

A hurricane coming to L.A.?! Yup.

Plus, how L.A.'s Black church is emblematic of the area's diversity

Shwetha Ganesh4 months ago

Who turned up the heat??? 🫠

Plus, could L.A. leverage Airbnb to house the homeless?

AfroLA Media Group5 months ago

June Gloom is finally gone 🤠

Plus, Black Muslims' experiences in L.A. and our first in-person event.

Shwetha Ganesh5 months ago

New story, new art, who dis?!

New work from a student reporter and artist plus repubs from our media partners

Shwetha Ganesh8 months ago

Reflections on the past year

Plus, what's coming next 👀

Shwetha Ganesh8 months ago

Happy birthday to us! We're one...but far from done

Plus, the first episode of our new In Living Color series drops 🎤

Shwetha Ganesh8 months ago

Some Black baseball history for MLB's Opening Day

Plus, street medicine treats L.A.'s unhoused and our new In Living Color series

Shwetha Ganesh8 months ago

Black history is more than just February

AP African American Studies at Crenshaw high school fills gaps

Shwetha Ganesh9 months ago

Introducing The Breakdown™

New name, same great content

9 months ago

We're LIVE!

Our new site is 🔥

AfroLA Media Group10 months ago

It's been a minute...

But, yes, we're still here.

AfroLA Media Groupa year ago

Welcome to the fam

Introducing The Latest

AfroLA Media Groupa year ago