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It’s no secret that the black church is more outspoken than say, my regular Sunday Catholic church service. I suppose we should give credit to the Rev. Wright controversy for that heightened realization (although I gather most people presumed this long before that YouTube clip hit every media outlet this side of the Milky [...]
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Pop + Politics staff-writer and video-guru Marissa Monroy recently spent a great deal of time getting to know the inner-workings of a local after-school program for the underprivileged, underfunded, and all-around underestimated children of Southcentral L.A.
Its name is A Place Called Home.
Although we have had her piece featured in the In Depth sidebar for a [...]
It’s safe. You can get help there with your homework and become a hip-hop star. It’s A Place Called Home.
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