Richmond Moves Closer to Establishing ICE-Free Zones
Richmond City Council has asked staff to bring a potential ordinance to ban immigration enforcement activities on city property...
A New Biography Revisits Richmond’s Most Infamous Housing Battle
As a “thank you” for their service building ships to defeat fascism, Richmond’s 14,000 African Americans became victims of housing and job discrimination
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‘If I Can Do It, You Can Too’: Richmond’s Elena Velazquez Honored With Youth Humanitarian Award
Elena Velazquez is a 17-year-old environmental justice advocate and community leader from Richmond whose work spans food justice and civic engagement...
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‘More Forceful Medicine Is Needed’: As Health Care Subsidies Shut Down, Advocates Push for Aggressive Policy
For the past two and a half months, millions of Americans have agonized over whether to forgo or downgrade their health insurance as premiums surged nationwide...
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Fiya Spice Caribbean Bridges Jamaican, Soul Food in Pittsburg
Married chef couple Porshe and Everick Wilkins run Fiya Spice Caribbean, a Pittsburg restaurant where they sell Jamaican and soul food dishes...
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Hundreds of Pittsburg Police Reports Already Written Using A.I.
Pittsburg police have generated hundreds of reports during the early rollout of a controversial artificial intelligence tool for law enforcement agencies...
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EdSource: California Students Join Nationwide Anti-ICE Protest
While immigration raids have unnerved immigrant communities, school walkouts showed how students have transformed that fear into organized action. ...
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Woman Finds Meaning in the Garden of Life and Death
Having endured tremendous loss, Andrea Sexton-Dumas refers to grief as a friend and herself as a death and grief doula, grief gardener and spiritual companion...
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Contra Costa Faces Housing, Growth Tensions as Economic Outlook Debated
The Contra Costa Board of Supervisors heard presentations on the local and federal economic outlook that are meant to help inform policy decisions...
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BART Lays Out Grim Future If Voters Don’t Approve Sales Tax Increase
If voters do not approve a 1/2-1 cent sales tax increase, BART could eventually see stations closed, a line eliminated, service ending early, and more...
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