Black LA has waited with bated breath for nearly two years to learn whether former South LA politician Mark Ridley-Thomas would have his federal bribery conviction thrown out after filing an appeal in ...

In exchange for helping USC win contracts from LA County, Mark Ridley-Thomas funneled $100,000 from his ballot committee through the university and into his son's nonprofit in an effort to avoid the ...

Mark Ridley-Thomas just lost his latest appeal. His federal corruption convictions remain intact, and prison is still on the ...