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Eric Swalwell wants to write new California story
By Edward Henderson Contributing Writer SACRAMENTO — With California’s gubernatorial contest still taking shape, U.S. Rep Eric Swalwell — a…
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Federal cuts threaten South L.A.’s only safety-net hospital
By Janice Hayes Kyser Contributing Writer WILLOWBROOK — On a stretch of South Los Angeles once defined by what it…
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Panel to discuss Black maternal health at First AME Church
By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer SOUTH LOS ANGELES — Every five days, a woman loses her life to pregnancy-related complications…
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Mayors say state budget cuts to homeless funds threaten recent gains
By Antonio Ray Harvey Contributing Writer SACRAMENTO — Between 2020 and 2024, Long Beach experienced a minimal but incremental decrease…
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Acquitted of murder, still convicted: Epps trial reveals racial gap in self-defense law
By Eric Arnold Contributing Writer SAN FRANCISCO — Kevin Epps shot and killed Marcus Polk inside his home in 2016,…
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Doula care seen as way to help reduce maternal mortality
By LAURA UNGAR Contributing Writer MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Shaquoiya Stewart held one of her 6-month-old twins on her lap while…
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Amidst anti-DEI, Black nonprofits struggling to stay afloat
By JAMES POLLARD Contributing Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The racial reckoning that followed George Floyd’s murder in 2020 carried…
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Two states enact new voter laws; civil rights groups cry foul
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. – Governors in Florida and Mississippi signed into law measures that require officials…
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Black man convicted of killing white woman seeking reprieve
Associated Press PROVO, Utah – A Black man who spent decades on death row in Utah for allegedly killing a…
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White man vows to kill 20 Black kids; gets 2-year sentence
Wave Wire Services RALEIGH, N.C. — A 26-year-old white man from North Carolina was sentenced to just two years in…
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