Tax Day 2021: What You Need to Know
Federal and California taxes are not due until May 17. That is one of the key changes this tax season because of the pandemic and the American Rescue Plan....
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Apr
02
Apr
Voting Districts Are About to Be Redrawn. Here’s Why It Matters
Voting districts, which are redrawn every 10 years, influence who runs for office, who gets elected and how responsive officials are to a community's needs....
18
Mar
Asian Americans Reflect on Community’s Vulnerability After Six Women Killed in Georgia
Asian Americans have been the victims of a surge in racist rhetoric and physical attacks, including the killings of six women in Georgia....
03
Feb
Black Leaders: Biden Order Is First to Recognize America’s History of Housing Injustice
Civil rights leaders are praising President Biden for directing HUD "to undo historic patterns of segregation and other types of housing discrimination."...
26
Jan
Experts Warn of Lasting Effect of QAnon Conspiracy Theories
The QAnon beliefs and conspiracy theories that proliferated under President Trump will not go away just because he is out of office, warn experts on extremism....
11
Jan
California Officials Respond to Trump Supporters’ Attack on U.S. Capitol
Some California legislators joined calls to remove President Trump from office, while others have supported pro-Trump protests and objected to certifying Joe Biden's win....
04
Jan
New White House Could Permanently Remove Public Charge Rule, Easing Anxiety for Immigrants
President-elect Joe Biden said in his campaign that he would end the public charge rule, which has caused many immigrants to deny themselves federal benefits....
16
Dec
Lie of the Year: The Downplay and Denial of the Coronavirus
The COVID-19 pandemic has been shrouded in conspiracies, unproven or disproven claims, misleading statistics and outright lies about the coronavirus....
14
Dec
Looking Across the Racial Voting Gap
Wildly different perceptions of Trump and people of color might explain the racial voting gap in the 2020 presidential election, says a panel of experts....
23
Nov
Women Leaders on Sen. Harris Replacement: ‘One Is Not Enough, Zero Is Unacceptable’
Currently, there are three Black U.S. Senators: Cory Booker, Tim Scott and Harris, the Californian who is set to become vice president....
09
Nov
Voters of Color Restored Democracy In America In 2020 Presidential Election
Latinx, Asian, Native American and Black voters played a key role in propelling Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to victory in an election that saw massive turnout....
07
Nov
Biden Defeats Trump, Bay Area’s Harris Breaks New Ground
Former Vice President Joe Biden was declared the winner of the presidential election early Saturday, clinching the vote in Pennsylvania and surpassing the necessary 270 electoral vote threshold to defeat...
03
Nov
Election Updates: Most Richmond Voters Cast Ballots Early
More than half of Richmond's registered voters and over 100 million citizens nationwide voted before Election Day....
02
Nov
Future of U.S. Immigration Policy Difficult to Predict
Immigration under Trump or Biden has not been addressed much in this election cycle, though Trump does plan to advance anti-immigrant policies if reelected....
30
Oct
Early Voters Name the Most Important Issue on the Ballot
As voters dropped off their ballots at the Richmond Civic Center, we asked them what they thought was the most important issue they had voted on....
