By Solomon O. Smith California Black Media As California continues counting ballots weeks after the primary election, some political leaders are raising questions about election integrity. But election officials say the lengthy process reflects safeguards designed to ensure every eligible vote is counted accurately — not evidence of fraud. California’s vote-counting process has come under ...

Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 73 by Senator Sabrina Cervantes (D-Riverside) into law to provide elections in California with improved defenses against interference. Because SB 73 included an urgency clause, its provisions took effect immediately upon the Governor’s signature, ensuring the defenses it provides were in place for the June 2nd statewide primary election. ...

Democracies rarely collapse all at once. More often, they are dismantled quietly. Through disinformation. Through disengagement. Through generations of people taught everything about survival in America except how our government actually works. That quiet dismantling is exactly what Assemblymember Dr. Corey A. Jackson is working to confront. This year, Assemblymember, Dr. Jackson is leading two ...

By Dianne Anderson With the Primary Election only a few weeks away, Amy Malone is looking at both sides of the streets of San Bernardino, where, on one side, she sees the proliferation of homelessness. On the other, vacant boarded-up buildings could be recycled into housing for the homeless. Not long ago, she met a ...

San Bernardino Valley College (SBVC) will host a nonpartisan candidate forum for mayoral and city council candidates on April 29–30, giving students and community members a chance to engage directly with candidates shaping San Bernardino’s future. The forum will take place from 5–7:30 p.m. each evening at SBVC’s Greek Theatre. Candidates for the Ward 1 and Ward 2 ...

By Bo Tefu and Antonio Ray Harvey CA Black Media California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber hailed a major legal victory for voting rights after the California Supreme Court declined to review a challenge brought by the City of Huntington Beach against the state, effectively ending the city’s attempt ...

By Lauren Burke “We need to stop all the hell that is reigning down on all of our people,” said Rep. Jasmine Crockett from a Dallas stage to a cheering standing-room-only crowd. On December 8, Rep. Crockett, who has built a reputation as a firebrand in Congress in the fight against Trump’s MAGA Republicanism, announced ...

By Ben Jealous   With the holiday season approaching, it seems that our country could not be more divided. That division has been perhaps the main overarching topic of our national conversation in recent years. And it has taken root within many of our own families.   Blood may be thicker than water, but for ...

By Rachel Leven UC Berkeley   Recent polls show public trust in the integrity of U.S. elections is decreasing, largely among Republicans. But this doesn’t signal that our elections are getting less reliable, UC Berkeley scholars said. In fact, elections in the U.S. are more secure and the results are more accurate than 20 years ago, ...

By William J. Barber, II If you’re an ordinary American who goes to work to pay the bills or takes care of a loved one most days, it’s easy to feel down when you see the headlines about the 2024 election. Donald J. Trump has been convicted of 34 felonies for falsifying business records to ...