For Black women across the Washington metropolitan region, the changing employment landscape is about more than a paycheck. It can mean reassessing a career, redefining success and deciding what comes next.
California Federation of Labor Unions President Lorena Gonzalez says Proposition (Prop) 40 would provide temporary funding to protect Medi-Cal, hospitals and health care jobs from federal cuts.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra met with Black elected officials and faith, labor, civic and community leaders in South Los Angeles on Oct. 15, outlining his priorities for working families, education, housing and health care.
Decades of political history, legislative battles and bipartisan relationships came to life in Sacramento on Oct. 9 as some of California’s most influential former lawmakers gathered for the Golden State Legislative Reunion.
“We want an end to the robbery by the CAPITALISTS of our Black community.” That was our position in October 1966 and it is still our position … However, many people have offered the community Black capitalism as a solution to our problems. We recognize that people in the Black community have no general dislike for the concept of Black capitalism, but this is not because they are in love with capitalism. Not at all.”
For generations, the Black church has stood strong in our communities through every historical change this country has experienced. During the civil rights movement and in recent times, faith leaders have helped uplift Black sanctuaries to register voters, keep food pantries open for people in need, and sit with families in hospital rooms in their most desperate moments. When our people faced new trials, they could always look to our faith leaders and the church to lean in to help us be included in these transformative changes.
Instead of it taking place at an Ivy League school in Ithaca, New York, what would it look like if a national story concerning rape allegations from fraternity members took place on an HBCU campus in Atlanta, Washington, D.C., or Nashville?
Food insecurity is rampant in our neighborhoods. If you live in Washington Heights, you are practically guaranteed to experience lower food access than the average Chicagoan – with similar circumstances in the South Shore, West Englewood or West Pullman.
California Secretary of State Shirley Weber says President Donald Trump’s recent change in rhetoric on mail-in voting ahead of the November 2026 midterm elections signals desperation.
Rain, rain go away, come back another day. Gray, overcast skies and intermittent sprinkles couldn’t dampen music lovers’ resolve to attend the annual Jazz at Drew, Saturday, October 10, 2026.
The members of the Drop Life Without Parole (Drop LWOP), a grassroots coalition and sentencing reform group, along with other advocacy organizations, are asking Gov. Gavin Newsom to commute the sentences of more than 5,000 individuals serving life sentences in California before he leaves office.
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Cornell University is at the center of a developing matter involving an alleged gang rape case that took place in 2024. Prosecutors are reopening the matter after the alleged victim filed a civil lawsuit against a group of fraternity members at Cornell University.
Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger has been granted parole seven years after she was convicted of murdering her neighbor, Botham Jean, inside his Dallas apartment.
Annika E. Ashton is the new Broward County Attorney, becoming the first Black woman and Jamaican American to assume the role.
California’s 22nd Congressional District race pits Republican incumbent David Valadao, R-Hanford, against Democratic challenger Randy Villegas in a contest over issues that affect households, farms and businesses across the Central Valley. The winner will represent the district in the U.S. House, where decisions on federal spending, health care, immigration, taxes, and water policy affect the region.
Wrapping up the 17th Silicon Valley African Film Festival, founder Chike Nwoffiah spoke with Bakersfield News Observer writer Cecil Egbele about the submission selection process, where African Americans fit in an “African” festival, and this year’s Icon Award.
In Kern County, getting medical care is often harder than it should be. A patient may need to travel across town or across the county. A working parent may have to find time away from a job that offers little flexibility. A senior may need help arranging transportation.
The California Endowment (TCE) and nonprofit developer Linc Housing broke ground Oct. 6 on a downtown Los Angeles campus combining affordable housing, health care and employment services near Men’s Central Jail, where numerous investigations and oversight reports have documented overcrowding, unsanitary conditions and violence.
Byron Donalds wants to be Florida’s next governor. Not on our watch. Our stance is rooted in an old saying coined by Floridian Zora Neale Hurston in her final major nonfiction work, Dust Tracks on a Road, set in Florida. “All skinfolk ain’t kinfolk” is an idiom that distinguishes shared identity from shared interests.
