I still fight for civil rights
By JEROME PUGMIRE | AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — The audience in Paris stood to applaud Tommie Smith, more than 50 years after he took a stand for civil …
racial justice
These wrongly arrested Black men say a California bill would let police misuse face recognition
BY KHARI JOHNSON | CalMatters In 2019 and 2020, three Black men were accused of, and jailed for, crimes they didn’t commit after police used face recognition to falsely identify …
James Lawson, adviser to Martin Luther King Jr., dies
By Christopher Weber and Travis Loller | Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from …
Bay Area schools navigate controversial curriculum
California’s public schools will be required to offer a full-year course in ethnic studies beginning in the 2025-26 school year. And by 2030, students won’t be able to graduate without …
Train California judges better for women and minorities
Many women and minorities find themselves unable to evade pervasive bias in our justice system. A bill concerning equal justice for women and minorities in the courts was recently passed …
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in US more likely to believe in climate change: poll
By TERRY TANG and LINLEY SANDERS (Associated Press) Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the United States are more likely than the overall adult population to believe in …
California bill seeks reparations for families whose homes were in way of Dodger Stadium
Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo has introduced a bill seeking reparations for the families who lost their homes decades ago when Los Angeles city leaders pressured them to sell their land – …
Nearly 8 in 10 AAPI adults in the US think abortion should be legal, an AP-NORC poll finds
By GRAHAM LEE BREWER and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX | Associated Press WASHINGTON — With abortion rights poised to be one of the major issues in the 2024 election, a new poll shows that Asian …
It’s time California schools teach landmark desegregation case, say the sisters at the heart of it
Sandra Mendez Duran was studying at UC Riverside when she noticed two names in a book: Gonzalo and Felicitas Mendez. Duran was familiar with the names — they were her …
Northern California tribe that lost 90% of land during Gold Rush to get site to serve as gateway to redwoods
By JULIE WATSON | Associated Press California’s Yurok Tribe, which had 90% of its territory taken from it during the Gold Rush of the mid-1800s, will be getting a slice …