How Should San Diego Respond to Food Insecurity?
Rising grocery prices and increasing levels of food insecurity are driven by systems far beyond our control, like income inequality…
Local Headlines
Probation Youth and Officers Complete MLK 5K
Teens in the Run Club also learn running techniques, injury prevention,…
Keep readingNurse Martha Abraham, Challenger, Holds 25% Cash-on-Hand Advantage Over Failed Incumbent Foster
Martha Abraham, candidate for San Diego City Council District 4, today…
Keep readingCalifornia Local News Fellowship
The application is now open for our next cohort of California Local…
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Historian Spotlights Francis Harper, First Black Woman to Have Poems Published
The Baltimore-native was born born in Baltimore in 1825 and fought for voting rights, women’s rights and an end to…
Stop Corporate Consolidation Silencing Local Media Voices
American democracy is under siege across the board in different industries. Diversity is good for business and diversity is good…
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show Celebrated America – All Of It – With a Message of Unity
By Maria Sherman, AP Music Writer New York (AP) — To better understand some of the significance of Bad Bunny’s historic Super Bowl…
Congressional Black Caucus Chair Says Trump’s Post on The Obamas Shows a ‘Bigoted and Racist Regime’
Ever since a racist video was posted on President Donald Trump’s social media account, the White House has offered shifting responses.
San Diego’s African Diaspora
A Salute to Our African Nations: Libya
A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER: This article continues our salute to the independence anniversary of African nations. This acknowledges our…
A Salute to Our African Nations: Mauritania
Mauritania gained its independence from France in 1960 after decades of colonial rule that began in the early 1900s.
It’s Official! The First African House of Somalia Established at Balboa Park
By Tihut Tamrat, Contributing Writer History has officially been made at Balboa Park: the House of Somalia has become the first African house to be…
State News
Great-Granddaughter of Piedmont’s First Black Residents, Forced Out by ‘Terror Campaign,’ Sues City
But this family was Black, and Piedmont, like many California cities in the 1920s, used racial covenants, redlining, and even…
The Truth About California’s “Mileage Tax” – Clashing Viewpoints Continue to Heat Up a Partisan Policy Fight
Authored by Assemblymember Lori Wilson (D–Suisun City), a member of the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC), AB 1421 does not…
NAACP Calls on Gov. Newsom to Veto Veterans Benefit Bill
Critics, on the other hand, say it goes too far, eliminating lawful options without addressing systemic barriers in the veterans’…
The Conversation
Filming ICE is Legal but Exposes You to Digital Tracking – Here’s How to Minimize The Risk
Recording is often protected speech. But recording, and especially sharing, creates data that can be searched, linked, purchased and reused.
Racism Never Went Away – it Simply Changed Shape
By Lars Cornelissen Prime Minister Keir Starmer thinks that racism is returning to British society. He has accused Nigel Farage’s Reform UK of sowing “toxic…