Nation / State
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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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Specter of ‘white privilege’ raised after WNBA row
Wave Wire Services CHICAGO (AP) — The specter of racism in the WNBA has again raised its ugly head. DiJonai…
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State lawmakers move to rein in private detention facilities
By Peter Schurmann Contributing Writer SACRAMENTO — There is a video circulating widely on social media in which a man…
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Proposition 39 puts state at center of voter ID debate
By Edward Henderson Contributing Writer SACRAMENTO — Questions about election security, voter access and public confidence in elections have become…
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Advocates push voter protection measures ahead of November
By Antonio Ray Harvey Contributing Writer SACRAMENTO — With less than three months until the general election, Darius Kemp, executive…
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Renowned Black author to compete for prestigious fiction award
By Jill Lawless Contributing Writer LONDON (AP) — Award-winning Black author Marlon James is in the running again for the…
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Black doctor moves step closer to become new CDC director
By Mike Stobbe Contributing Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A Senate committee has advanced Dr. Erica Schwartz’s nomination to be…
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