All posts tagged "california"

Women Working Through Housing Instability, Other Challenges

NNPA NEWSWIRE — When Shanitra Brown walks across the stage, she’ll be supported by her four children. Her cheering section ranges in age from four to...

Hakeem Jeffries Becomes First Black American to Lead a Major Political Party in Congress

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Jeffries said he hopes to find common ground with the G.O.P. where possible. He takes over the reins from long-time Speaker Nancy Pelosi...

Holiday Season Routinely Sees Rise in Human Trafficking

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Childwelfare.com says the legal definition of trafficking involves “the exploitation of people through force, coercion, threat, and deception and includes human rights abuses such...

Saluting California’s Native American Heritage: New Laws, “S-Word” Ban Lift Up Celebrations

By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media Assemblymember James Ramos (D-Highland), the only Native American elected official in the California Legislature, has been working diligently...

COMMENTARY: The Vote to Deny the Deniers

By Emil Guillermo Congressional elections remind us why we live where we live. At least in the Bay Area. California, a safe Blue zone for the...

California ’22 Mid-Term: Historic Wave of Black Candidates Set to Win Election

By Joe W. Bowers Jr. | California Black Media A wave of Black candidates in California are expected to win after Tuesday’s general election. Among them are...

Widow of Medgar Evers to Receive BCRI’s 2022 Shuttlesworth Award

THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES — The award and other honors will be presented on November 18 during the BCRI’s 30th anniversary celebration and culminate a week of...

Record Number of Black Candidates Seeking History During Midterm Elections

NNPA NEWSWIRE — While some of the Black candidates seeking election are already household names, like Stacey Abrams in Georgia, Val Demings in Florida and Anthony...

Youth Mental Health Care: California’s Investments May Still Not Be Enough

Port of Oakland Hosts Congressional Meeting to Address Supply Chain Issues

By Port of Oakland Communications Office The Port of Oakland hosted a congressional supply chain stakeholder meeting this week in Jack London Square. The event was...

Charles R. Drew Univ. Launches M.D. Program as Newsom Announces COVID Emergency End

By Aldon Thomas Stiles | California Black Media On Monday, Oct. 17, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that the COVID-19 emergency in California will end Feb. 28,...

OPINION: D.A. Candidate Outlines Plan for Implementing California’s 2020 Racial Justice Act

By Pamela Price | Post News Group Candidate for Alameda County District Attorney In 2020, California took a huge step forward to reform our criminal justice...

COMMENTARY: Student Loan Forgiveness Denial Another Reason to Cast a Vote

By Emil Guillermo | Post News Group Of all the eligible voters in our country, just 10% actually do, according to a recent Unite America Institute...

Areva Martin Continues to Advocate for Those with Special Needs and Those Facing Discrimination and Injustice

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “St. Louis is one of the most segregated cities in the nation,” Martin told National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO Dr....

Schaff Administration Proposes Rezoning Former Mills College Campus to Allow Condos, Retail Development

By Ken Epstein | Post News Group Buried in a draft plan for future housing in Oakland, submitted to City Council by Mayor Libby Schaaf’s Administration,...

Bivalent COVID Booster Eligibility Extended to Children Ages 5 and Older

By Aldon Thomas Stiles | California Black Media State officials have announced eligibility for the updated Moderna COVID-19 booster and the Pfizer-BioNTech booster has been expanded....

Biden, Bass Tout Local Jobs Created from Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill

By Maxim Elramsisy | California Black Media On October 13, President Joe Biden and Congresswoman and mayoral candidate Karen Bass visited the site of the future...

Biden, Bass Tout Local Jobs Created from Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill

By Maxim Elramsisy | California Black Media On October 13, President Joe Biden and Congresswoman and mayoral candidate Karen Bass visited the site of the future...

Recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month: California’s Latinos Reflect on Experiences, Accomplishments

McKenzie Jackson | California Black Media As Hispanic Heritage Month comes to a close, California Black Media writer McKenzie Jackson takes a look at the lives...

CBO’s ‘Highly Uncertain’ Estimates Fail to Damper Biden, Democrats Enthusiasm Over Student Debt Cancelation

NNPA NEWSWIRE — In a Fact Sheet, the White House said nearly 90% of relief dollars would go to those earning less than $75,000 per year...

COMMENTARY: Vote ‘No’ on Props 26 & 27: Both Are Bad for California

By James. E. Vann Propositions 26 and 27 on the November ballot appear to be related, but their differences are substantial, and both are exceedingly harmful....

Doulas: A Formal Part of CA Health Care System – Birthing While Black Part 2

BLACK VOICE NEWS — While California boasts one of the lowest pregnancy-related mortalities in the nation, the latest available data from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH)...

We Will Not Incarcerate Our Way Out of This

People Are Liberating Public Spaces to Fight the Criminalization of Poverty By Cat Brooks How many times have you walked by an unhoused neighbor and told...

San Bernardino County Voting to Leave California; Establish 51st State

Manny Otiko | California Black Media On Nov. 8, San Bernardino County voters will be presented with a choice on their ballot — leave the state of...

Jurors Who Take Public Transit Can Now Be Reimbursed Following Bill Signing

By Thomas Hughes, BCN Foundation A bill to allow California jurors to be reimbursed for using public transportation was signed into law Sept. 15 by Gov....