Activists, some news agencies and civil rights groups across the state are applauding a California court decision last week to reject an appeal that would have overturned Senate Bill 1421....
A growing chorus of voices across California — from affected Uber and Lyft drivers and newspaper delivery truck operators to freelance writers, photographers, musicians and other artists – are all...
Last Friday, when Gov. Gavin Newsom submitted his budget for the 2020-21 fiscal year, he specifically mentioned Black students - the lowest performing group of any ethnic category on California’s...
There’s no state in America quite like California. In troubled times for the Nation, California is where the American Dream is alive and well. The most diverse state in the...
On Jan. 1, 2020, California will enact a new law, the CROWN Act or Senate Bill 188, that protects Black women and men from discrimination in the workplace for wearing...
Solving the nation's healthcare crisis is getting plenty of attention from Congress, Rep. Ro Khanna said in a wide-ranging 30-minute teleconference with journalists Tuesday....
Although Assemblymember David Chiu prefers to call AB 1482 a “rent cap” bill instead of a rent control bill, it includes a number of provisions other than the limit on...
Even though California has the slimmest gender pay gap in the United States, on average, women still earn about 89 percent of the total money men are paid in the...
Dr. Joseph Marshall, host of Street Soldiers Radio on 106 KMEL, interviewed San Francisco Police Chief William Scott about the California's new law intended to deter police officers from killing...
In 2012, California became the first state in the country to declare that “Every human being has the right to safe, clean, affordable and accessible water” when the state legislature...
In May, less than a week after the Assembly approved the landmark bill that Black Legislative Caucus chair Shirley Weber (D-San Diego) authored, police officers in Walnut Creek, a suburb...
Today Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law one of the strongest measures in the country intended to deter police officers from killing civilians while pursuing criminal suspects....
When Coleen Sykes Ray started an organization with her daughter in 2015 to help homeless women, the Stockton, California resident had no idea she, too, would be homeless four years...
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a $214.8 billion budget that prioritizes education, housing, and expanded health services, he told a conference call with Latino media, even as it sets money aside...
By Tanu Henry | California Black Media Every 10 years, Californians have the opportunity to participate in a major political project as part of a special 14-member, state-appointed commission. The citizens of...
