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Rights groups challenge federal efforts to end workforce data collection
By Claire Savage and Alexandra Olson Contributing Writers WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) – Civil rights groups and researchers at a public…
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White officer who killed Black man on bike should be charged, Crump says
By Scott Bauer Contributing Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Civil rights attorney Ben Crump is calling for criminal charges to…
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Hanging death of Black woman in Mississippi still shrouded in mystery
By Sophie Bates and Terry Tang Contributing Writers JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The hanging death of Tasia Fortune, whose body…
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Civil rights agency to drop subpoena against Nike in DEI-related inquiry
By Alexandra Olson Contributing Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A federal civil rights agency is dropping a subpoena enforcement action…
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Rising health costs are forcing more Americans to forego care
By Sunita Sohrabji Contributing Writer SAN FRANCISCO — Susan Alleman thought surviving breast cancer would mean putting the hardest chapter…
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Rights groups challenge federal efforts to end workforce data collection
By Claire Savage and Alexandra Olson Contributing Writers WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) – Civil rights groups and researchers at a public…
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Three Black women among Newsom’s judicial appointments
By Bo Tefu Contributing Writer SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom has nominated three Black women — Justice Rashida Adams and…
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Prop. 43 would require two-thirds approval for local special taxes
By Antonio Ray Harvey Contributing Writer SACRAMENTO — California voters will decide this November whether to make it more difficult…
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Bill barring police from blocking emergency medical care stalls in Legislature
By Antonio Ray Harvey Contributing Writer SACRAMENTO — A bill Assemblywoman Sade Elhawary, D-Los Angeles, authored would make it illegal…
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70 years after South Africa’s women challenged apartheid, their freedom still in doubt
By Michelle Gumede Contributing Writer JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa commemorated Aug. 9 the 70th anniversary of the Women’s March…
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