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Black, Vulnerable and Trafficked – Who’s Buying Black Girls?

By Tanya Dennis and Vanessa Russell Although California Senate Bill 357 was intended to alleviate arrests of willing sex workers under anti-loitering laws, it opened a...

Urban League Fireside Chats

Recently reopening their doors Urban League of the Greater Bay Area began hosting a series of fireside chats at their new offices located @ Oakland City...

Women’s History Month: Meet the Black Women Legislators Shaping California Policy

By Mark Hedin California Black Media Since Yvonne Braithwaite Burke became the first Black woman elected to serve in the California State Assembly in 1966, 20...

Conversation with the City of Minneapolis – Health Department

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mIv_6AoY7Y

Jesse Leroy Brown: Proof of Persistence

By Tamara Shiloh From his days as a sharecropper in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, James Leroy Brown (1926−1950) dreamed of becoming a pilot. In school, he excelled at...

Equity Report Reveals Statistics on Black Women Compared to Other Races

By McKenzie Jackson California Black Media Black women in the Golden State trail behind their counterparts from other ethnic groups in median wealth and a lower...

These tax tips can make filing (1040) EZ: Sponsored content from JPMorgan Chase & Co. Kelly Perez

With Tax Day approaching, there’s no time like the present to get started on your 2022 returns and submit them well before the April 18 deadline....

Remembering Kenneth Brown, Educator, Engineer, and El Camino College Trustee

By Joe W. Bowers Jr. California Black Media The El Camino Community College District, California State University Dominguez Hills, and the aerospace industry have lost a...

Opioid Settlement Funds to Target Overdose Prevention: More than $7 million over nine years dedicated to strategies and treatment

San Rafael, CA – Marin County Public Health Officer Dr. Matt Willis updated the Board of Supervisors on March 28 about the state of the local opioid crisis[PDF] and...