When looking at a map of state legislative districts and Kern County, a total of five state representatives represent Kern County — two of them in the state senate and three in the state assembly.
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Last Saturday, Rep. Barbara Lee held her first U.S. Senate campaign rally at Laney College in Oakland.
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Tanu Henry | California Black Media Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA12), the highest ranking African American woman serving in the U.S….
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All-Star Weekend was a great experience. For one, it’s something that I’ve always watched on television and wanted to be associated with. Also, it’s like the NBA’s version of the Grammy’s. But without further ado, these are my top five takeaways from All-Star Weekend.
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The World Health Organization held an “urgent meeting” on February 14 to discuss the new Marburg outbreak in Equatorial Guinea and possible vaccine and treatment candidates.
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An emotional sentencing hearing for the 19-year-old white man who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo grocery store in 2022 was abruptly interrupted when an enraged man charged at the defendant.
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The bust of Roger Taney, the racist justice who wrote the infamous 1857 Dred Scott decision that said African Americans were not citizens, has been removed from the United States Capitol.
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Loving your hair is something that should come naturally yet embracing your natural beauty is something that many Black women struggle with due to society.
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The California Black Chamber of Commerce (CBCC) and the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) recognized the success of 16 thriving Black-owned businesses at its annual Legislative Business Brunch at the Citizen Hotel in Sacramento.
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Samual Nathaniel Brown said he is not surprised that Assemblymember Lori Wilson (D-Suisun City) picked up the baton to carry on the fight to eradicate the phrase “involuntary servitude except as a punishment to crime” from California’s Constitution.
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According to Stanford RegLab, Black taxpayers receive IRS audit notices at least 2.9 times more frequently than non-Black taxpayers and possibly as much as 4.7 times more often.
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Last week, Assemblymember Corey A. Jackson (D-Riverside) introduced Assembly Bill (AB) 742, legislation that would prohibit the use of police canines for arrests, apprehensions and crowd control.
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