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City councilors drilled down the contracts police unions have inked with city officials during a working session last week as part of an ongoing effort to rein in overtime costs and bring more transparency and accountability into the
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By Antonio R. Harvey | Observer Staff Writer SACRAMENTO - The City of Sacramento announced this week that Dwight White has arrived in Sacramento and started his new job as […] The post City’s New Inspector General Embraces Police Oversight Role appeared first on The Sacramento O
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The Majority of all U.S. Children are Those of Color
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Census Bureau found that most children are projected to be of a race other than non-Hispanic white. “These changes mirror a broader transition in the United States to a more pluralistic population,” Census Bureau officials reported. The Children’s Defense Fund’s comprehensive
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Kenya: End of an Era As Tuskys Exits Nakuru, the Town Where It All Started
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The Story Behind Miami’s Colored Beach – Free Press of Jacksonville
Special to The Miami Times - Historic Virginia Key Beach celebrates courageous 75 year history, bright future. Such fond memories could come from only one place in the world, and indeed only one place in the [...]
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Amanda Yvette on How Her Pink Moss is Making People Beautiful From the Inside Out | Chicago Defender
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Lloyd Austin Credits Black Military Predecessors In Defense Secretary-Designate’s Speech
Lloyd Austin was officially introduced as the Secretary of Defense-designate, allowing many Americans a first time to hear directly from the man at the center of a growing controversy over his pending nomination. Read his full speech here.
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By Antonio R. Harvey | OBSERVER Staff Writer In an 8-1 vote, the Sacramento City Council on May 4 approved a measure requiring Sacramento Police Department officers to implement use-of-force […] The post City Adopts ‘Last Resort’ Use-Of-Force Policy appeared first on The Sacrame
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A breakdown of Giuliani's role in Trump's post-election fight - L.A. Focus Newspaper
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Sen. Padilla on Reparations: “We Can Walk and Chew Gum” - The Sacramento Observer
For nearly two centuries now, Black American descendants of enslaved Africans have been making the case to an unbudging U.S. government for reparations. Advocates say payments would compensate for centuries of unpaid labor and an opportunity for the federal government to make good on its promise to
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NYC to terminate Trump contracts after Capitol insurrection - TheGrio
New York City will terminate business contracts with President Donald Trump after last week’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, Mayor... View Article The post NYC to terminate Trump contracts after Capitol insurrection appeared first on TheGrio.
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Nigeria: Afenifere, Junaid Mohammed, Opadokun React to Buhari's Democracy Day Speech
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, described President Muhammadu Buhari's Democracy Day address as a huge and unpardonable slap on the face of the nation's democratic
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CA Secretary of State: it’s time for rest of America to step up - The Sacramento Observer
By Genoa Barrow | Observer Senior Staff Writer Dr. Shirley N. Weber, California’s first African American Secretary of State, stood with her former California Legislative Black Caucus colleagues outside the […] The post CA Secretary of State: it’s time for rest of America to step
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On opposite ends of California, two women who have never met are united by grief and purpose - The Sacramento Observer
(CALMATTERS) - This month, Kathleen Bils laid a memorial stone in a flower bed on the San Diego street where a sheriff’s deputy shot her son one year earlier. Some […] The post On opposite ends of California, two women who have never met are united by grief and purpose appeared
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The Majority of all U.S. Children are Those of Color - The Sacramento Observer
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A shameful past: A look at Montgomery County’s history of racism
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In an effort to further public dialogue on penal reform across the Caribbean, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has invited international experts and local thought leaders to offer their views on major issues that need to be addressed in order to improve correctional
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Edgars revenue tumbles 43%
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Navy Pier Begins Phased Reopening on April 30. | Chicago Defender
Navy Pier,  Chicago’s iconic lakefront destination and nonprofit institution, will begin its phased reopening on Friday, April 30, restoring public access to select outdoor spaces and attractions and cautiously resuming partial operations with public health and safety at the forefront. As part of
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