The Board of Supervisors this week voted unanimously to support a proposal by Supervisors Janice Hahn and Hilda Solis to pursue strengthening gun violence prevention policies in LA County. “We […]
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House Jan. 6 panel will not make any criminal referrals
The chair of the House committee investigating the Capitol riot said this week that the panel will not make any criminal referrals, even though its leaders have previously hinted at […]
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The history and importance of Juneteenth
Juneteenth marks an important and history-changing day in Black history and American history. On June 19, 1865, federal troops marched down to Galveston, Texas, took control of the state, and […]
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Hearing opens with Trump AG calling stolen election claims ‘bulls**t’
Trump’s own attorney general told the then-president that his claims of a “stolen” election were “bullshit,” according to videotaped testimony revealed Thursday night at the House Jan. 6 select committee’s […]
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Jan. 6 panelists: Enough evidence uncovered to indict Trump
Members of the House committee investigating the Capitol riot said Sunday they have uncovered enough evidence for the Justice Department to consider an unprecedented criminal indictment against former President Donald Trump for seeking to overturn the results […]
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Hearing opens with Trump AG calling stolen election claims ‘bulls**t’
Trump’s own attorney general told the then-president that his claims of a “stolen” election were “bullshit,” according to videotaped testimony revealed Thursday night at the House Jan. 6 select committee’s […]
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National coalition of Mayors issues statment on abortion rights
Mayor Eric Garcetti and 10 other mayors from across the country issued the following joint statement this week on abortion rights in anticipation of the Supreme Court’s expected decision to […]
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Black leaders not surprised Roe is at risk, but prepared for the aftermath
When Donald Trump was elected president, Marcela Howell, the founder and executive director of a national reproductive justice advocacy group in Washington, D.C., said she and other leaders immediately began to consider ways to […]
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President Biden signs landmark police reform executive order
President Joe Biden signed an executive order on police reform that he hopes will help prevent excessive use of force and encourage officers to intervene in such cases. “Two years […]