Magic Johnson - LA Progressive

It’s Still “Magic” 20 Years Later

Anthony Samad: Few have followed his lead on inner city investment, but many have followed his lead in living two decades with HIV.

Magic Johnson and AIDS Healthcare Foundation

By Carl Matthes

Carl Matthes: It will soon be 20 years – Nov. 7, 1991 – since Magic Johnson went before a packed news conference at the Forum in Inglewood, California, to reveal that he was HIV positive and would be retiring from basketball. For the world of sports, it was a devastating announcement.

“That One:” President-Elect Barack Obama and the Fulfillment of Unreasonable Expectations

By Anthony Asadullah Samad

The day we all thought we’d never see became a reality this week as the nation took a major step toward racial reconciliation in entrusting the country’s national government to a black man. President-elect Barack Obama, soon to be President Barack Obama – now, doesn’t that have a fantastic ring to it — a man [...]