Not long ago, Waging Nonviolence published an article entitled, "The roots of revolutionary nonviolence in the United States are in the Black community.”
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February 9, 2021
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“We as an engineering community learned from that, that just having strength was not enough,” said Jonathan Stewart, professor of civil and environmental engineering at UCLA. “You had to have ductility” the ability to stretch. “The [building] code would essentially produce nonductile concrete buildings.”
A new archival project at UCLA seeks to become that conduit, using boxes and boxes of internal records obtained by the LAPD. And to further that mission, the effort was recently given a three-and-a-half million-dollar boost in the form of a grant. Kelly Lytle Hernandez and Mark Vestal are professors at UCLA. They also head this new project, called Archiving the Age of Mass Incarceration. (Lytle Hernandez and Vestal were interviewed.)
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It could be said that olive oil is having a moment. Jennifer Lopez has been publicly crediting the stuff for her preternaturally radiant 51-year-old skin (though the social media jury isn’t entirely convinced); cool, niche olive oil companies like Brightland are making a bottle of it more giftable than ever; and, amidst a growing wave of fad eating strategies, the Mediterranean diet, which has always cast olive oil in a starring role, was voted the best overall diet by
So while many new wellness brands tend to clamor for the latest buzzy ingredient, upstart Saint Supply is hedging its bets on this tried-and-true superfood instead. Its first product, dubbed Living Elixir, is an olive oil meant to be consumed, by itself, on a daily basis.
LOS ANGELES (KABC) In Los Angeles County alone, the death rate among Latinos skyrocketed 1,000% since November. Now, groups hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic are also lagging in vaccine distribution. At first, it was a general access problem for the entire country, said Dr. Fola May, health equity researcher at UCLA Health.
According to the latest data obtained by Eyewitness News, in L.A. County, Black residents make up about 4.6% of people who have received vaccine doses and about 8% of the population. Latinos make up about 29% vaccine doses and about 48% of the population. While white residents make up a larger percentage of vaccine doses and lower percentage of the population.