Latino Voting Power on the Rise
A growing Latino demographic bears the question: what political power will Latinos yield in 2016? ...
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Mar
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Feb
Ben Jealous: Sanders Is Qualified to Tackle ‘Racism, Militarism and Greed’
Editor’s Note: Former NAACP President Ben Jealous recently announced his support for the presidential campaign of Senator Bernie Sanders. He is now campaigning to help build the candidate’s support among...
08
Feb
Sarah Palin’s Lies Are an Insult to Veterans
There were untold numbers of American veterans who felt insulted by the Republican presidential campaign’s all-time favorite cover girl, Sarah Palin. Palin, who is no stranger to factless exaggerations, outdid...
04
Feb
Voter Suppression and Victories in 2016
New and increasingly strict state and county voting laws are threatening to cut off a growing number of Americans from their right to vote as primary season opens....
14
Jan
Eduardo Martinez: My First Year on Richmond’s City Council
2016 marks Eduardo Martinez’s first year as a Richmond City Councilmember. The retired educator and community activist was elected in 2015 in a historic election in which the Richmond Progressive...
22
Dec
Q&A: Mike Parker on the Future of Rent Control in Richmond
Mike Parker, co-coordinator of the Richmond Progressive Alliance, spoke to The CC Pulse's Malcolm Marshall about the evolving rent control campaign, which entered a new phase after a landlord-backed petition...
30
Nov
City Council Votes to Include All Students in College Scholarship Program
All college-bound seniors who live in Richmond are now eligible for the city’s scholarship program....
23
Nov
Should 16-Year-Olds Be Allowed to Vote?
Should 16 year olds be allowed to vote? That’s the question being debated right now in San Francisco, where San Francisco Youth Commission members Oliver York and Jillian Wu are...
26
Oct
With Prop 47, A Release from the Stigma of a Past Felony
For Kerry Walls, carrying the weight of a decade-old drug related felony was exhausting. A recent call to the Contra Costa Public Defender’s office offered a ray of hope. Walls...
08
Oct
Richmond Youth Get an Audience With AG Loretta Lynch
Attorney General Loretta Lynch visited Richmond on Sept. 25 as part of a six-city tour. While she was here, she heard directly from young people about how to make improvements...
24
Sep
The ‘Torment of Isolation’ – Ending Solitary Confinement for Juveniles
Commentary, Claudia Gonzalez | We'Ced After years of litigation and protests, earlier this month California’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation agreed to drastically reduce the use of solitary confinement in state...
18
Sep
Richmond Rent Control Stalls — and Could Go Up for a Vote
News Report, Nancy DeVille Richmond’s controversial rent control ordinance has hit a snag after the California Apartment Association submitted more than 7,000 signatures opposing the plan, a move that blocked...
18
Aug
Small Businesses Discuss What New ‘Global’ Campus Will Mean for Richmond
News Report, Malcolm Marshall Just as the city of Berkeley developed around the University of California, Berkeley, the planned Berkeley Global Campus at Richmond Bay is expected to be an...
24
Jul
Richmond Is First California City in Decades to Pass Rent Control
News Report, Malcolm Marshall Beginning Dec. 1, Richmond will become the first California city in decades — and the first in Contra Costa County ever — to enact a...
05
Jul
After Scotus Marriage Equality Ruling- LGBTQA Fight Far From Over
by Jacqueline Hernandez photo by Stephen Masker Ed Note: Jacqueline Hernandez is a 22 year old resident of South Merced. A member of the LGBTQA community and student at Merced College, Hernandez describes...
