After the Supreme Court’s hard-right majority overturned Roe v. Wade, anti-choice legislators have rushed to pass more extreme anti-abortion bills targeting health care workers and even...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Republican Party has made “voter fraud” a rallying cry while offering few actual examples of voter fraud in real life. Associated Press...
Speakers in support of Kaplan included Oakland Port Commissioners Michael Colbruno and Andreas Cluver; former Alameda County Supervisor Scott Haggerty; Oakland City Councilmembers Sheng Thao, Nikki...
Recent reports also show that Black candidates are faring especially well in Senate fundraising in the 2022 cycle. While summary numbers might mask persistent hurdles, these...
Right-wing media outlets and social media spread false information and conspiracy theories. Conservative activists and politicians opposed public health measures as a form of “tyranny.”
Ideally, voting rights should be a nonpartisan issue. Congress repeatedly passed extensions of the Voting Rights Act that were signed by Republican presidents. But right-wing politicians...
Sponsored by Assemblymember Jose Medina (D-Riverside), AB 101 requires all public school districts and charter schools serving students in grades 9 through 12 to offer culturally...
After a review of the 230 pages of emails, the Sutton Law Firm, election and political law specialists, confirmed that the level of criminal activity by...
In 2022, the voters of Oakland will have an opportunity to elect the next mayor for our city. The Mayor of Oakland is the head of...
Since Oakland's many problems can be either solved, altered, eradicated or exacerbated by actions and/or inactions from the Mayor's Office, it is incumbent upon us to make...
Racial diversity among Bay Area elected officials increased during the 2020 election cycle, but new data shows wide disparities still exist across the region.
West County Friends for Diana Becton hosted a fundraiser on Saturday for the re-election campaign of Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton.
Questions? Call the League of Women Voters of California Education Fund Voter Hotline for help: 1-888-870-VOTE
Social justice lawyer Janani Ramachandran is a runoff election for State Assembly District 18, which will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 31.
We cannot afford to be complacent and watch like spectators as our rights are rolled back, our interests are ignored, and our power is discounted. This...
Elder blames Newsom for California’s homelessness crisis and the unaffordable housing market. According to him, Newsom is responsible for unreasonable COVID-19 restrictions and heavy-handed environmental regulations.
Those are the California values I stand for - the kind that Republicans like Larry Elder reject. That’s why I’m urging Californians to vote NO on...
Diversity means we need to coalesce even more for common goals. No one group is dominant.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Secretary of State Shirley Weber this week called on state residents to know their voting rights in the upcoming election...
The U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol held its first hearing on July 27. It was hard...
Weber is California’s first African American Secretary of State and the fifth Black person to serve as a constitutional officer in the state’s 170-year history. She...
At the General Conference new bishops, general officers (department executives), and members of the Judicial Council were elected. The five incumbent general officers were retained.
California and 19 other states allow their voters to recall the governor. The last time a governor was recalled here was in 2003 when former Gov....
Just remember the Republicans want to deny you a chair and some water while you wait in line to vote in some states. That’s where this...
The runoff election will be held on Aug. 31.