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By Genoa Barrow | OBSERVER Senior Staff Writer - California has expanded its state employee questionnaire to include three additional ethnicity categories for Black or African American groups, allowing the state to collect data on reparations for African Americans and to lead the way for other states to follow suit.

By Genoa Barrow | OBSERVER Senior Staff Writer Chris Lodgson, Jonathan Burgess, Keisha Mathews, Kim Mims and Nzinga Marshall-Griffin are among the

New York State Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Reparations and Remedies Community Commission Tuesday ushering the analysis of reparations.

The Coalition for a Just and Equitable California (CJEC) is a statewide organization comprised of various associations, community groups, and individuals united by a commitment to fight for reparations and reparative justice for descendants of enslaved Black American men and women. | By Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media The Coalition for a Just and Equitable California (CJEC) is a statewide organization comprised of various associations, community groups, and individuals united by a comm...

By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media Chris Lodgson  (CBM) - The Coalition for a Just and Equitable California (CJEC) is a statewide organization

Monica Montgomery Steppe was sworn in on Tuesday as the first Black woman supervisor in San Diego County, and she hit the ground running.

Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2020 put out a press release when he agreed to establish a task force to recommend how California should repair its significant role in the country’s

California’s Legislative Black Caucus is preparing a landmark series of reparation bills next year. A hands-off approach by Newsom would be disaster.

Under state statute, which some say is overly broad, people convicted of intentionally spreading HIV can face up to 10 years in prison.

Under state statute, which some say is overly broad, people convicted of intentionally spreading HIV can face up to 10 years in prison.