The state Assembly this week passed SCA 10, a constitutional amendment to make explicit the fundamental constitutional right to abortion and contraceptives in a 58-16 vote. The bill, jointly authored […]
Category: Government/Politics
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Unforeseen struggles for poor, pregnant Blacks in post-Roe era
After the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, women in states that now outlaw abortion have scrambled to cobble together piecemeal solutions, including traveling across state lines, an expert told […]
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Medi-Cal will pay doula services for low-income
California will cover doula services for low-income residents at more than twice the state’s initial proposed rate under a spending plan lawmakers passed last week. Some advocates welcomed the new […]
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Ketanji Brown Jackson will be sworn in today
Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in Thursday as the first Black female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, succeeding the retiring Stephen Breyer as a transformational term comes to a […]
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Lake Oroville water level drops to near historic low
The water level at Lake Oroville just north of Sacramento has dropped dramatically, according to the California Department of Water Resources. Lake Oroville almost dried up three years ago. It […]
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Board supports new proposal on gun violence prevention
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 […]
Posted inBlack History, Education, Government, Government/Politics, National
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 […]
