A Collection of Written Works By Alysha Conner
By Alysha Conner | LA Wave Newspapers INGLEWOOD — Power Fest 2020 encouraged residents to get involved and informed in the upcoming elections with the theme, #TogetherWeVote. “I saw this year’s Power Fest as an opportunity,” said Glauz Diego, director of…
By Alysha Conner Despite a vast number of African Americans being opposed to Donald Trump as president, few supporters remain. Desmond Grant is a 40-year-old Black man and Trump supporter who owns a small trucking company in Houston, Texas. Grant…
By Alysha Conner The New York Times’s report detailing Donald Trump’s tax-return data gave Joe Biden the golden opportunity to put Trump on the defensive during the first presidential debate Tuesday evening. “Show us your tax returns,” said Biden, repeatedly,…
By Alysha Conner On September 26, President Trump announced his candidacy for Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the U.S. Supreme Court vacancy. Barrett, 48, is a judge on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. She left…
By Alysha Conner | LA Wave Newspapers SOUTH LOS ANGELES — If City Councilman Curren Price has his way, the city of Los Angeles will celebrate Juneteenth next year as an official city holiday. Price introduced a motion at the…
By Alysha Conner | LA Wave Newspapers LOS ANGELES — A local activist wants the city of Los Angeles to take immediate steps to honor civil rights icon John Lewis, who died July 17 at the age of 80. Earl…
By Alysha Conner | #ELECTION2018 | The Atlanta Voice “I was just sitting at home in California minding my own business but I could not stop thinking about what’s going on down here… With that thought as her backdrop, media…
By Alysha Conner | #ELECTION2018 | The Atlanta Voice As a new face and voice in the political world, north Fulton native Krish Bralley said he aims to ‘breathe new life’ into the Georgia State Legislature. Bralley, who once worked…
By Alysha Conner | #ELECTION2018 | The Atlanta Voice Rising political and social media stars Janelle Monae and Angela Rye electrified a packed house at the When We All Vote and The Root-hosted voter registration rally exclusively for students, faculty,…