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San Jose Spotlight
1 month ago
Silicon Valley real estate

Silicon Valley congressman nets millions for Black cultural center - San Jose Spotlight

Cultural center in Silicon Valley to honor Black residents and offer support services with $4.1 million funding
Center to feature apartments, commercial space, community services, and be a hub for cultural gatherings [ more ]
reparations
New York Post
1 month ago
Black Lives Matter

Black New Yorkers already clashing over who should get reparations as state panel starts

Reparations eligibility sparking debate among black New Yorkers
Different opinions on who should receive reparations for slavery [ more ]
Los Angeles Times
2 months ago
Los Angeles

San Francisco set to apologize to Black residents for 'systemic racism'

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is set to officially apologize to Black residents for systemic racism.
The apology resolution is one action taken from a report that put forward over 100 recommendations from the African American Reparations Advisory Committee. [ more ]
Washington Post
2 months ago
Black Lives Matter

Black Americans aren't enthusiastic about reparations yet. Here's why.

Reparations advocates in California are facing skepticism from the very people their proposals are designed to help - Black residents.
Support for reparations among Black voters is crucial, but many are skeptical of the progress being made. [ more ]
KQED
11 months ago
California

With End Of Title 42, California's Border Communities Brace For Influx Of Migrants | KQED

This week will mark the end of a controversial border policy that started under President Donald Trump.Title 42 is part of the U.S. Public Health Code meant to prevent the spread of contagious diseases.But it's been used to keep hundreds of thousands of migrants from crossing the border.Guest: Tyche Hendricks, KQED
Writers Strike Continues, With Widespread Economic Impact
We're nearing the end of the first week of the Hollywood writers strike, and studios and the union representing writers stand far apart on a number of key issues.
KQED
1 year ago
California

Governor Newsom's Bill On Regulating Oil Industry Quickly Approved By State Lawmakers | KQED

State lawmakers have approved Governor Gavin Newsom's bill, which is attempting to increase transparency of the oil industry in the state.It would allow the California Energy Commission to impose penalties, through a regulatory process, if the agency believes oil companies are making excessive profits from gas prices.
sfist.com
1 year ago
San Francisco

San Francisco Supervisors Discuss Reparations Proposals and That $5M Lump Sum Idea

Today's SF Board of Supervisors meeting was making national headlines before it had even begun, and that is because SF is poised to become the first major city to grapple with the idea of paying reparations for historical wrongs to Black residents.We've had about two straight months of the national news media hemming and hawing about a draft reparations proposal by a San Francisco committee that, among other things, floated the idea of making $5 million lump-sum payments qualifying Black residents.
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www.nytimes.com
11 months ago
NYC music

Gordon Lightfoot's 10 Essential Songs

Bob Dylan once named Gordon Lightfoot one of his favorite songwriters, and called the musician somebody of rare talent while inducting him into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1986.On Dylan's 1970 album Self Portrait, he even recorded Lightfoot's Early Morning Rain, and the respect was mutual Lightfoot listened carefully to Dylan's songs, which instilled in him a more direct approach, getting away from the love songs, he once said.
Austin Monitor
1 year ago
Austin

After years of negotiation, renovations begin on Austin's oldest publicly owned homes - Austin Monitor

Alexis Henderson stands in the kitchen of her former home at Rosewood Courts in East Austin.The place is abandoned now, save for a couple of items.A rag on the stairwell.A video game decal on the bedroom wall.Henderson points up at a thick pipe in the wall, above where a stove used to be."They had to knock a hole in there in order to fix the pipe," she said, remembering how she had to live with the hole while the pipe was repaired.
https://www.rogerebert.com/
1 year ago
Film

CIFF 2022: King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones, Art and Pep, The Big Payback | Festivals & Awards | Roger Ebert

Festivals & Awards
Mercedes Kane's "Art and Pep" is another film that works as both an intimate personal story and as a broader historical exploration.
San Jose Spotlight
1 year ago
San Francisco

San Jose nixes 'blatantly racist' policy - San Jose Spotlight

Growing up in San Jose, Councilmember Raul Peralez found himself sitting on a curb while police searched his car - dozens of times.
Washington Post
1 year ago
London

Racism, misogyny rampant in London police force, 'damning' report finds

Police officers restrain a man after they told people to go home during a march over the murder of 33-year old marketing executive, Sarah Everard, by a police officer in London, on March 15, 2021.(Matt Dunham/AP)Racism, misogyny and homophobia are running rampant in London's Metropolitan Police force, an official review of the institution found, recommending that the force undergo a dramatic overhaul to address deep-seated issues that it said have been exacerbated by a culture of "defensiveness and denial."
BBC News
1 year ago
London

Quarter of Londoners living in poverty, charity says

By Tarah Welsh & Liz Jackson

A quarter of Londoners are living in poverty, according to a report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.The charity used government data from 2018 to 2021 to compile its annual report.It found London has the second-highest rate of poverty in England, with almost 2.3m people going without basics like food and toiletries.
New York Daily News
1 year ago
San Francisco

San Francisco to consider $5 million-per-person Black reparations plan

The city of San Francisco is moving one step closer to offering reparations to its Black residents.If the plan is enacted, San Francisco would become the first major U.S. city to fund reparations.The city's African American Reparations Advisory Committee will present its findings Tuesday at a meeting of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Street renamed for being racist' vandalised after just one day

A street that was renamed for its racist connotations has been defaced just one day.London's Black Boy Lane', in Tottenham, was rebranded La Rose Lane' on Monday in honour of celebrated black publisher John La Rose.The local authority said it had started a consultation into the planned name change following the Black Lives Matter protests over the summer of 2020.
www.thisislocallondon.co.uk
1 year ago
Social justice

What Black History Month means to me - Ebun Oyabayo, Townley Grammar School

Black History Month - Ebun Oyabayo , Townley Grammar School (Image: unsplash) The black history of Britain is by its nature a global history.Yet too often it is seen as being only the history of migration, settlement, and community formation in Britain itself.'David Olusoga, Black and British: A Forgotten History When I asked people around me what came to their mind when they thought of Black History Month, these were the responses: - A limited time to understand and acknowledge rich Black history.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
New York City

Buffalo Gunman Expected to Plead Guilty Today in Racist Attack

The gunman who was accused of killing 10 Black people in a racist massacre at a Buffalo supermarket in May is expected to plead guilty to all state charges against him in Erie County Court on Monday morning.Payton Gendron, 19, who was arrested shortly after the shooting, was indicted by a grand jury in June on 25 counts, including murder, domestic terrorism and other charges in relation to the massacre.
kvue.com
1 year ago
Austin

Austin Community Foundation commits to investing $1M over three years in Black community

The goal of the new fund is to help bring about an "equitable, just society that nurtures the growth, economic security, and wellness of Black people."
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Law

Authorities in Georgia have charged 23 people with domestic terrorism

NPR's A Martinez talks to Madeline Thigpen of Capital B, a Black-led, nonprofit news organization, about the demonstrations against a police training facility on forested land outside Atlanta.A MARTINEZ, HOST: In Georgia, 23 people are charged with domestic terrorism.The charge is related to protests against the construction of a police training facility in a forest near Atlanta.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Law

Mississippi Senate OKs bill that expands police in majority-Black state capitol

Mississippi Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell, left, confers with Jackson Police Chief James Davis during a town hall meeting to address youth crime issues in Jackson, Miss., Feb. 14, 2023.Rogelio V. Solis/AP JACKSON, Miss.The majority-white and Republican-led Mississippi Senate voted Tuesday to pass its version of a bill that would allow an expanded role for state police and appointed judges inside the majority-Black capital city of Jackson, which is led by Democrats.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Street sign on former Black Boy Lane vandalised within 24 hours of renaming

A street sign in north London has been vandalised within 24 hours of the road being renamed over concerns about racial connotations, amid a protest by some residents.Black Boy Lane in Tottenham was renamed La Rose Lane on Monday, to honour the late black publisher, poet and essayist John La Rose.The council said the name change was suggested during a consultation held after George Floyd was killed by a police officer in the US in May 2020.
KQED
1 year ago
California

Central California Now Has Its First Holocaust Memorial | KQED

Bakersfield is now home to the Central Valley's first Holocaust Memorial.The tranquil garden is a monument against hate and rising anti-Semitism.Reporter: Joshua Yeager, KVPR  
How Are Jewish Communities In California Dealing With Rise In Anti-Semitism
Study after study shows an alarming increase in hate crimes and racist incidents in California targeting a variety of groups, including Jews.
KQED
1 year ago
California

California is Giving Out $9.5 billion in Tax Rebates | KQED

Californians to Receive Rebates Aimed at Offsetting Inflation Prices
If you've been struggling with inflation-fueled high prices, from groceries to gasoline, some help is on the way.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

As hate crimes continue to rise, LAPD chief blames social media, Kanye West

Hate crime reports across Los Angeles are up 13% over last year's record-setting levels, according to LAPD Chief Michel Moore, who said he believes inflammatory rhetoric on social media was contributing to the increase.The new statistics, presented at Tuesday's Police Commission meeting, showed that with less than two weeks left in the year the city will almost certainly top 2021's total of 615 reported hate crimes.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

The L.A. City Council members' secret meeting was ugly. But it probably wasn't illegal

In addition to prompting widespread outrage, the revelation that members of the Los Angeles City Council exchanged racist jibes at a secret meeting with a top labor leader has led some Californians to wonder whether they crossed a legal line as well.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Hate crimes in L.A. County reach highest level in nearly two decades

Hate crimes surged in Los Angeles County in 2021 to their highest level since 2002, according to a report released Wednesday by the county Commission on Human Relations.The report noted 786 victims of hate crimes, a 23% increase over 2020.The crimes overwhelmingly included acts of violence, and more than half were spurred by racism.
Austin Monitor
1 year ago
Austin

County gets creative to counter 'staggering' number of fentanyl deaths - Austin Monitor

Tuesday, November 29, 2022 by Seth Smalley
In the first half of this year, from January to June, 118 people in Travis County died from an overdose of fentanyl.This equaled the number of fentanyl-related overdoses from the entirety of last year.The outsized opioid-overdose figures spurred county leaders' announcement of a public health crisis in May, which brought with it a host of directives - such as funding naloxone treatments and community harm reductionists - aimed at correcting the emergency.
Nytimes
1 year ago
New York City

Here's how Black residents of Buffalo's East Side reacted to Biden's speech.

May 17, 2022, 2:44 p.m. ET
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Garcetti urges healing at Koreatown conference to commemorate L.A. riots

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti watched the 1992 L.A. riots from his New York college dorm room, having left the city one day before the violence.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Photos: L.A. riots are remembered 30 years later with hope and pessimism

Across South L.A. and Koreatown on Friday, Angelenos commemorated the 30th anniversary of the L.A. riots, recognizing the progress they've made and pledging more dialogue to bring people closer together.
Southern Coalition for Social Justice
1 year ago
Social justice

Columbus County Voter Appeals Local BOE's Decision to Let Jody Greene Move Ahead as Sheriff

WHITEVILLE, NC - Herman Lewis, second Vice President of the Columbus County NAACP, filed an appeal Monday with the North Carolina State Board of Elections asking them to schedule a hearing on Jody Greene's eligibility to become Sheriff after the local board did not follow procedure in dismissing his initial protest challenging his election.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
Education

EPA recommends Louisiana state agencies consider relocating elementary school students over toxic chemical exposure

The Environmental Protection Agency is recommending that Louisiana health and environmental officials consider relocating students from an elementary school near a chemical plant after the federal agency found the children may be exposed to harmful levels of toxins, according to a letter obtained by CNN.
The Real Deal Los Angeles
1 year ago
LA real estate

710 Stub in Pasadena Could Take 10 years to Develop, City Says

Redeveloping a nearly 50-acre swath known as the 710 stub in Pasadena would take a decade, city officials say.
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

Iowa: man kills two women and then himself in latest US shooting

A man has shot and killed two women in the parking lot of a church in Iowa and then turned the gun on himself, police said, adding three more dead to the national toll from a series of recent shootings that have rocked the United States.
Nytimes
1 year ago
New York City

The closing of the Tops market on Buffalo's East Side has created a 'food desert.'

Across Buffalo's East Side, many Black residents live in what is known as a "food desert" - an area with little access to low-cost, healthy selections.
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