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Barbara Lee Adds Bernie Sanders Political Staff to Growing Campaign Team

Two members of the Bernie Sanders for President 2020 team have joined Barbara Lee’s campaign for Senate, the Lee campaign announced reently. Robert Dempsey and Anna...

Dorrough Music Continues to Add to Dallas Music Legacy

DALLAS WEEKLY — Dorrough Music has been making moves in the local music scene since his high school days, with chart topping singles, studio albums, and...

Singer Etta James and Athlete Archie Williams Inducted Into California Hall of Fame

Iconic singer Etta James and decorated track and field athlete Archie Williams join five other inductees set to receive the honor posthumously during a virtual ceremony,...

Singer Etta James and Athlete Archie Williams Inducted Into California Hall of Fame

By Joe W. Bowers Jr. and Edward Henderson California Black Media Two Black Americans are members of the class of California’s 2023 Hall of Fame inductees....

Celebrating 50 Years of Hip Hop: Legislative Black Caucus Honors West Coast Greats

The California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) celebrated the 5oth anniversary of hip hop on Aug. 14, with a...

Celebrating 50 Years of Hip Hop: Legislative Black Caucus Honors West Coast Greats

By Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media The California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) celebrated the 5oth anniversary of...

Thousands of Black Californians Have Lost Their Health Insurance — Don’t Lose Yours

By McKenzie Jackson California Black Media Five percent of the 225,231 Californians who lost their Medi-Cal coverage in June were African American. According to numbers from...

Thousands of Black Californians Have Lost Their Health Insurance — Don’t Lose Yours

Five percent of the 225,231 Californians who lost their Medi-Cal coverage in June were African American. According to numbers from the California Department of Health Care...

COMMENTARY: Faith and Fortitude — How Black Muslims’ Core Values Can Transform the Racial Wealth Landscape

NNPA NEWSWIRE — It’s no longer a choice but an obligation to take the current economic state of our community into consideration. We need to be...

Veganism: Plant-Based Meat Alternatives Are Good for Business

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Most consumers of meat alternatives are people who are simply intrigued by the idea of plant-based meat that tastes the same. In fact,...

IN MEMORIAM: Business Leader, Mentor and Music Business Legend Clarence Avant Dies 92

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Avant was born in North Carolina in 1931. He went on in the business to promote and manage Sarah Vaughan and discovered Bill...

GOVERNOR ISSUES JUNETEENTH PROCLAMATION SATURDAY AFTERNOON

Gov. Gavin Newsom Saturday afternoon issued a proclamation declaring "Juneteenth National Freedom Day: A Day of Observance" in the state of California. California will celebrate Juneteenth...

Growing Number of California Groups Express Support for Black Reparations

In California, an increasing number of Japanese, Jewish and other non-Black groups are expressing their support for reparations to Black American residents of the state who...

How Four California Cities Are Approaching Reparations for Black Residents

The California Reparations Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans will hold its last in-person meeting on June 29 in Sacramento. The...

First Lady Dr. Jill Biden in S.F. to Campaign for President’s 2024 Bid

On Tuesday, June 12, First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden, visited a packed and jubilant house at Manny’s, to support her husband’s presidential reelection bid. It was...

What Happened to Journalism’s Racial Reckoning?

Emil Guillermo: ‘Strong Like Bamboo’ Stories of AAPI Resilience at Oakland Asian Cultural Center

The name from the project came from the husband and partner of Nancy Wang, a psychotherapist as well as an ASIA member and a founder of...

The Lookout: Six Bills Call for More Responsible Policing, Safer Streets

The California Legislature is currently considering several bills related to gun safety, criminal justice, and police accountability. Several of these bills have already been approved by...

The Black List and the GM Incubator Fund Announce Emerging Filmmaker Program Offering $100,000

NNPA NEWSWIRE - Filmmakers, writers, directors and writer/director teams who have directed at least one narrative short film and have a completed, feature-length screenplay are eligible...

New Women’s Pro Soccer Team Coming to Bay Area

Former U.S. Women's National Team players Brandi Chastain, Leslie Osborne, Danielle Slaton and Aly Wagner announced Tuesday that the National Women's Soccer League has awarded expansion...

California Lawmakers Want to Know Why Billions in Spending isn’t Reducing Homelessness

The state has spent billions of dollars on homelessness in recent years. So why is the crisis getting worse instead of better? That's what a bipartisan...

California Black Media Briefs

Last week, the White House approved major disaster support for California’s recovery from a series of severe storms that have battered the state. According to a...

CALMATTERS: California May Change Its Mental Health Funding: Why That Might Cut Some Services

For the second time in as many years, Gov. Gavin Newsom is pushing for major reform of California's mental health system, this time by overhauling the...

California High Schools are Adding Hundreds of Ethnic Studies Classes. Are Teachers Prepared?

California high school students will be required to pass an ethnic studies class to graduate, starting with the class of 2030. That means the state needs...

California Black Media News Roundup

The Public Policy Institute of California is reporting that absenteeism is on the rise among all students in California, and Black children are among the top...