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While Lunar New Year traditions have been carried on for years in Asia, festivities for members of the Asian diaspora have evolved as celebrants welcome in loved ones from other cultures. -
A City Heights rehab center provides a safe pathway to recovery for LBGTQ individuals that struggle with alcohol and substance abuse. -
The late Nobel laureate and novelist was known for her examination of the Black experience. "Recitatif" is about two girls, one Black and one white, but doesn't reveal which is which. -
During the task force’s first meeting of 2022 on Thursday, Secretary of State Shirley Weber made it clear she believes priority must be given to those that descended from slavery in the United States. -
California Secretary of State Shirley Weber is the daughter of sharecroppers who authored legislation creating the first-in-the-nation task force in California to study and recommend reparations. -
President Joe Biden is eyeing at least three judges for an expected vacancy on the Supreme Court, and each of them would fulfill his campaign pledge to nominate the first Black woman to the nation’s highest court. -
KPBS Midday EditionAhead of the first Reparations Task Force meeting of 2022, Kamilah Moore, attorney and chair of California’s Reparations Task Force, joined KPBS Midday Edition to discuss the tensions behind defining eligibility and how the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on race-based affirmative action could impact the task force’s work. -
A conservation group is turning over a historic redwood grove on the Northern California coast to descendants of the original Native American inhabitants. -
A City Council committee OK’d a draft plan for an independent police oversight board. But community advocates say it is missing key elements. -
KPBS Midday EditionSenior Managing Director of Children Now, Kelly Hardy, joined Midday Edition to talk about the California Children's Report Card and the organization's recommendations for policy changes.
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