Organizers say they plan weekly protests outside the Schwartz federal courthouse.
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Residents accuse the largely white state government of neglecting the needs of a city that's 82% Black. White flight in the 1970s devastated the tax base, posing a major challenge to any solution. -
In early August the White House invited an all-white group of historians to talk about threats to American democracy. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe case that inspired the founding of the California Innocence Project is finally over. -
Serena Williams says she is close to retirement. We take a look at her life and career from Compton to Wimbledon, and the impact she has had on athletes, particularly African American women. -
California is moving to present itself as a haven for transgender youth facing discrimination in other states under a pending bill, much as it is positioning itself as a sanctuary for those seeking abortions. -
While every kid is guaranteed a spot in their local public school, they aren’t guaranteed a spot in after-school care. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe law will require state agencies to ask Black employees if they are descendants of a person who was enslaved in the U.S. -
A new poll finds that more than two-thirds of Native Americans say inflation is causing them to have trouble making ends meet. Higher food and gas prices compound their already precarious situation. -
Proponents say AB 257 could curb wage theft, but restaurateurs say it could raise costs and prices and fundamentally change relationships with fast food chains. -
One of the first lunch counter sit-ins of the civil rights movement took place in Oklahoma City in 1958. This weekend, the city remembers the protest and its organizer, Clara Luper.
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