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New California abortion laws set up clash with other states
By Adam Beam, The Associated Press
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed more than a dozen new abortion laws Tuesday, including some that deliberately clash with...
At $249 per day, prison stays leave ex-inmates deep in debt
By Pat Eaton-Robb, Associated Press
Two decades after her release from prison, Teresa Beatty feels she is still being punished.
When her mother died two years...
Commentary: $215 M Cal Recall Election is Baseless, Trump-Backed Power Grab
By Rep. Barbara Lee, U.S. Congresswoman for the 13th District of California
Just as it seemed we as a country were coming out of...
Why Malia Cohen Is Running for State Controller in 2022
Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media
Nearly three years after her successful run for a seat on California’s Board of Equalization (BOE), Malia Cohen...
The New Face of Poverty and the Mass Incarceration of America’s Children
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
Part Two of the comprehensive Children’s Defense Fund’s The State of America’s Children 2021.
The number of...