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Entertainment
Music Unites Congress as Legendary Producers Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis Push for Laws to Protect Artists | PICs
*In a bitterly divided Congress, music brought together Republicans and Democrats to honor Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, and lobby for laws to protect...
California Government
12 Orgs Fighting Youth Homelessness Win Grants Totaling $38 Million | VIDEOs
*Last month, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced California awarded $38 million in grants to 12 community-based organizations working to combat homelessness among youths and young...
Crime
State’s Only Black Female D.A. Announces Decades-Old Cold Case Solved
*Last week, Contra Costa District Attorney Diana Becton, California’s only Black D.A., joined the state’s Attorney General Rob Bonta and Acting Richmond Police Chief...
Education
Charlene Crowell: Advocates Still Call for Student Debt Forgiveness Despite New Pause on Loan Repayments
*In recent days, student loans and other higher education programs have been the focus of multiple initiatives. On April 6, President Biden extended the...
Military
Military Vets Celebrate Bill That Would Exempt Their Pensions From Taxes
*Last week, in Redlands -- a San Bernardino County city about 63 miles east of Los Angeles -- U.S. military vets joined Assemblymember James...
Government
Justice Department Settles with BLM Protestors Who Sued Over 2020 Incident at Lafayette Square
*(CNN) -- The Justice Department has reached a settlement to settle four lawsuits by protesters who were forcibly cleared out of Washington's Lafayette Square...
California Government
Higher Black Unemployment Distorts Rosy Picture of Job Recovery
*Officials in Sacramento and Washington frequently point to the low unemployment rate in the state and around the country as proof that the U.S....
California Government
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Appointed Toks Omishakin Moves Up to Cabinet Level | VIDEO
*In February, Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Adetokunbo “Toks” Omishakin Secretary of the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA).
Omishakin, 44, makes history as the first African...
California Government
Amos Brown and Reparations Task Force to Discuss PR Challenges at San Francisco Mtg This Week
*The California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans will hold its ninth meeting this week on April 13 and...
Politics
Good Idea or Not? Georgia Now Allows Concealed Guns in Public WITHOUT Permits | VIDEOs
*Making good on a 2018 campaign promise, Georgia’s governor Brian Kemp signed Senate Bill 319, referred to by backers as “constitutional carry.”
SB 319 allows...
California Government
Opinion: Sacramento Mass Shooting Confirms What Experts Already Knew, But Media Won’t Tell
*In the wake of the horrific mass shooting that took place in Sacramento, California, over the last week, politicians and media pundits have rushed...
COVID-19/Coronavirus
Philadelphia Set to Reinstate Indoor Mask Mandate As Cases Rise | VIDEO
*(CNN) -- Philadelphia will reinstate its indoor mask mandate as of Monday, April 18, as cases in the city quickly rise, the city's Public...
Reparations
California Lineage Reparations Leads the Way! A Journey of One Million Miles Starts with the First Important Step
*"When we talk about Reparations for the institution of U.S. slavery and its legacy of Jim Crow and New Jim Crow... it's a Lineage...
Contributed
Alzheimer’s Drugs Decision Has Deeper Impact on Health of Blacks, Other Minorities
*Last spring, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first new Alzheimer’s disease therapy since 2003.
For the six million-plus people living with the...
California Government
California’s New CARE Court is Justice Option for People Addicted, Mentally Ill
*Over the last two months, Gov. Gavin Newsom has met with some of the state's counties to promote CARE Court.
CARE Court – the acronym...
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