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61ST Monterey Jazz Festival Hits All the Right Notes
By Barbara Smith Photos by ESE The 61st Monterey Jazz Festival offered a generous mix of jazz legends including sax giant Charles Lloyd, vocalist Dianne Reeves, ... -
Ahmad Jamal Quartet Kicks Off Segerstrom Jazz Season
Segerstrom Center for the Arts presents the Ahmad Jamal Quartet for one performance only on October 19 at 8:00pm. The extraordinary night of music features jazz ... -
Trump Pick Eric Dreiband to Head DOJ Civil Rights Division
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Newswire On October 11, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Eric Dreiband to lead the Civil Rights Division at the Department ... -
S.B. School Fights Racist Hate
By Dianne Anderson African Americans and Latinos may have their share of differing opinions or political stances, but one area where both groups readily agree is ... -
Fontana Police Discrimination Case Moves Forward
By Dianne Anderson Speaking out against racism in the Fontana Police Department has been a hard fight for David Moore, now in his third year trying ... -
Calls for Firing of CFPB Official Who Used N-Word
By Charlene Crowell Recent and stunning disclosures of racially-offensive writings by a high-ranking official at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has unleashed an escalating barrage ... -
Net Neutrality Legislation Hit with Lawsuit
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent Before she left her position earlier this year as commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, Mignon Clyburn vigorously fought ... -
Jesse Louis Jackson is Our Civil Rights Icon
By Julianne Malveaux Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson turned 77 on October 8. Nobody has led a more storied life. He first took a public stand for ... -
High Desert Young Democrats Reaching Out
By Dianne Anderson Direct voter action these days depends a lot on the demographic. To the millennials – an age group that hardly ever picks up ... -
Vote 2018: Ballot Initiatives
By Dianne Anderson Between all the pros and the cons, the slew of statewide ballot propositions should give voters enough reading material to keep them busy ...
