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Melina Abdullah: Voice against the police status quo
Los Angeles Times· 5 days agoThe fight for Black liberation is, by definition, exhausting. It makes sense, then, that Melina Abdullah, co-founder of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles,...
Caleb Williams: Magician who restored USC's football brand
Los Angeles Times· 5 days agoAnyone who caught even a passing glance of a USC football game the last two seasons should know how...
Ynon Kreiz: The CEO Mattel (and Hollywood) needed in the darkest hour
Los Angeles Times· 5 days agoThe day “Barbie” hit theaters in July, Mattel Chief Executive Ynon Kreiz was in New York City...
Gwynne Shotwell: The brilliant (non-Musk) mind behind SpaceX
Los Angeles Times· 5 days agoGwynne Shotwell had the unenviable task of selling a rocket that kept crashing. Shotwell, then vice...
Michael Weinstein: Battler at the ballot box, on Skid Row
Los Angeles Times· 5 days agoMichael Weinstein is known mostly for being the man behind the AIDS Healthcare Foundation — the largest AIDS charity in the& ...
Shoshanna Scholar: Harm reduction strategist
Los Angeles Times· 5 days ago“It was super clear that people who use drugs were shaping this beautiful space” where they were treated with compassion, Scholar said. Scholar, 50, grew...
Nneka and Chiney Ogwumike: Not one but two bold ballers
Los Angeles Times· 5 days agoWomen’s basketball icons Nneka and Chiney Ogwumike are used to the sister act narrative, and the...
George Gascón: Justice reformer, recall survivor
Los Angeles Times· 5 days agoOn his first day in office, Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón gave a speech that criminal justice reform advocates hailed as heroic, but many police officers and prosecutors took ...
David Zaslav: Hollywood reformer or wrecking ball?
Los Angeles Times· 5 days agoMonths before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, David Zaslav spent $16 million to buy the Beverly Hills estate of the late film producer Robert ...
Palmer Luckey: Millennial slayer of U.S. defense giants
Los Angeles Times· 5 days agoA red phone sits on Palmer Luckey’s desk at the Costa Mesa headquarters of his military tech...
