During the early 1990s, Ward Connerly, then President of the California Civil Rights Initiative Campaign, was the leading African-American supporting Proposition (Prop) 209, the ballot initiative that outlawed Affirmative Action […]
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Californians urged to vote in Gov. recall election
All registered Californians should vote in the special election to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom…
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Some upbeat news for Black businesses still reeling from pandemic losses
On June 15, after more than a year…
Posted inLocal Politics
Why Malia Cohen is running for State Controller in 2022
Malia Cohen has set her sights on a higher office…
Posted inLocal Politics
State’s restaurants and bars can apply for aid from billion dollar relief fund
The SBA is currently accepting applications to provide emergency assistance to restaurants and bars…
Posted inHealth, National
Rep. Barbara Lee reminds Biden that Clinton, Obama, Harris and Buttigieg tried weed, too
President Joe Biden’s administration has a zero-tolerance policy for the use of marijuana…
Posted inLocal Politics
COVID-19 testing at local churches
Los Angeles County Health Services has launched a new program to expand access to free community-based COVID-19 testing in Black communities…
Posted inLocal Politics
Deadline Looming: BOE member Malia Cohen raises red flag on bank-breaking Prop 19 tax costs
Malia M. Cohen, the only African American member of the California Board of Equalization…
Posted inLocal Politics
Gov. Newsom appoints two Black women to Air Board
Months after Black employees called out widespread racism at the California Air Resources Board…
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New Cal NAACP Chief appoints Sacramento woman Executive Director
The new president NAACP California-Hawaii State Conference is keeping in step with a national movement…