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          <![CDATA[Justice Next Cohort Graduates 26 Black And Brown Young Leaders]]>
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          <![CDATA[School Choice: From Black Student Support to Middle-Class Perk]]>
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          <![CDATA[Campaign Fights Toxic Chemicals In Products For Black Women]]>
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          <![CDATA[They Hate to See Us Shine: Coco Gauff and Black Girl Magic]]>
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    <![CDATA[Coco Gauff is the winner of the 2025 French Open. Credit: All-Pro Reels from District of Columbia, USA/Wikimedia Commons]]>
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      <![CDATA[They Hate to See Us Shine: Coco Gauff and Black Girl Magic]]>
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          <![CDATA[Beyond Entertainment: Children's Media Reflects Real-World Family Issues]]>
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    <![CDATA[Cobra Bubbles, right, is a social worker voiced by Ving Rhames in “Lilo & Stitch.” Screenshot]]>
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      <![CDATA[Beyond Entertainment: Children's Media Reflects Real-World Family Issues]]>
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          <![CDATA[Why School Has More Black Kids Thinking About Suicide]]>
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      <![CDATA[Why School Has More Black Kids Thinking About Suicide]]>
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          <![CDATA[The Impact of Political Decisions on Youth: A Call for Early Exposure]]>
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      <![CDATA[The Impact of Political Decisions on Youth: A Call for Early Exposure]]>
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          <![CDATA[Interview: Former Sen. Steven Bradford Explains Why He's Running for Insurance Commissioner -- Not Lieutenant Governor]]>
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    <![CDATA[Senator Steven Bradford (D-Inglewood) attends the inauguration of Tony Thurmond as California Superintendent of Public Instruction on January 8, 2023, in Los Angeles, CA. Photo by Maxiam Elramisiy, California Black Media]]>
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      <![CDATA[Interview: Former Sen. Steven Bradford Explains Why He's Running for Insurance Commissioner -- Not Lieutenant Governor]]>
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          <![CDATA[Fortune Schools Hosts Summit To Close California's Black Achievement Gap]]>
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    <![CDATA[Margaret Fortune, president and CEO of Fortune Schools, holds up a copy of The OBSERVER's education special edition during a session at the “Black in School Summer Institute” at Rex and Margaret Fortune Education Complex June 5. Russell Stiger Jr., OBSERVER Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings address at the “Black in School Summer Institute”, at Rex and Margaret Fortune Early College High School June, 5, 2025. Sierra Hollinsworth, Kalani Griffith, Jade Bess, Marquis Mccleod, Omar Coleman, Dr. Ramona Bisop (left to right) speaks on a panel with students at the Black in School Summer Institute at Rex and Margaret Fortune Early College High School.]]>
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      <![CDATA[Fortune Schools Hosts Summit To Close California's Black Achievement Gap]]>
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          <![CDATA[Celebration Arts' ‘Before it Hits Home' explores family's reaction to prodigal son's AIDS diagnosis]]>
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    <![CDATA[Wendal (Conrad Crump, center) plays his saxophone as his two lovers, Douglass (Stephen Callum Byrum, left) and Simone (Aladria Brown) both look on. Wendal's life is shattered by an AIDS diagnosis in “Before it Hits Home.” (Photo courtesy of Jonathan Martinez/Celebration Arts)]]>
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      <![CDATA[Celebration Arts' ‘Before it Hits Home' explores family's reaction to prodigal son's AIDS diagnosis]]>
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          <![CDATA[The ‘Beautiful' Budget Bill Is Pretty Ugly for Black Americans]]>
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      <![CDATA[The ‘Beautiful' Budget Bill Is Pretty Ugly for Black Americans]]>
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          <![CDATA[Our Lives Are on the Line—Again: What Political Violence Means for Black America]]>
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      <![CDATA[Our Lives Are on the Line—Again: What Political Violence Means for Black America]]>
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          <![CDATA[Baltimore Choir Takes Black Church Worship to Carnegie Hall]]>
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      <![CDATA[Baltimore Choir Takes Black Church Worship to Carnegie Hall]]>
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            <news:name>The Observer</news:name>
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          <![CDATA[Can Trump keep troops in LA? Gavin Newsom's case goes to appeals court today]]>
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      <![CDATA[Can Trump keep troops in LA? Gavin Newsom's case goes to appeals court today]]>
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    <loc>https://www.theobserver.media/education/special-report-unpacking-the-state-of-black-education-in-sacramento-515bf8b8</loc>
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            <news:name>The Observer</news:name>
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        <news:publication_date>2025-06-17T00:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
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          <![CDATA[Special Report: Unpacking The State Of Black Education In Sacramento]]>
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      <![CDATA[Special Report: Unpacking The State Of Black Education In Sacramento]]>
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          <![CDATA[Commentary: Black Leaders Are Standing with Immigrant Communities -- Even If Media Coverage Doesn't Show It]]>
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    <![CDATA[Assemblymember Tina McKinnor (D-Inglewood), Chair of the Los Angeles Legislative Delegation, speaks during a press conference at the State Capitol on June 9. She led her colleagues in the Legislature in response to actions by federal authorities to deploy the National Guard, following a wave of ICE raids and challenges to the authority of the Mayor of Los Angeles and Governor Newsom. Photo by Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black Media California Secretary of State Dr. Shirley Weber speaks at the Public Policy Institute of California's 2025 Speaker Series on June 12 in Sacramento. The panel focused on advancing civic education and engagement across the state. Photo by Antonio Ray Harvey CBM. Senator Steven Bradford (D-Inglewood) attends the inauguration of Tony Thurmond as California Superintendent of Public Instruction on January 8, 2023, in Los Angeles, CA. Photo by Maxiam Elramisiy, California Black Media Covered California Chief Medical Officer Dr. Monica Soni at the African American Male Wellness Walk discussing health care issues, including health equity and the need for coverage and care within the African American community.]]>
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      <![CDATA[Commentary: Black Leaders Are Standing with Immigrant Communities -- Even If Media Coverage Doesn't Show It]]>
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        <news:publication_date>2025-05-14T00:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
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          <![CDATA[Your Voice and Vote Impact the Quality of Your Health Care]]>
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    <![CDATA[USA health care. Medical stethoscope on a US of America flag, closeup view. American health insurance concept]]>
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      <![CDATA[Your Voice and Vote Impact the Quality of Your Health Care]]>
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<url>
    <loc>https://www.theobserver.media/local/sacramento-women-professional-clothing-giveaway-68600bfb</loc>
    <news:news>
        <news:publication>
            <news:name>The Observer</news:name>
            <news:language>en</news:language>
        </news:publication>
        <news:publication_date>2025-05-14T00:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
        <news:title>
          <![CDATA[Sacramento Resources Fair Helps Women Take The Next Step]]>
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    <![CDATA[Russell Stiger, Jr., OBSERVER]]>
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      <![CDATA[Sacramento Resources Fair Helps Women Take The Next Step]]>
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          <![CDATA[Divided Reactions: Executive Order on School Discipline Sparks Debate on Equity and Safety in the Classroom]]>
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    <![CDATA[Left: Danielle Blocker is the founder of Young People for Progress (YPP), a nonprofit for people aged 35 and younger to engage in social justice and community organizing. (Photo courtesy of Danielle Blocker) Right: Annette Albright is a former employee of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools system in North Carolina. She was a part of the 47th president's April executive order signing, which reverses a federal guideline to address racial disparities in school discipline policies. (Photo courtesy of Annette Albright)]]>
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      <![CDATA[Divided Reactions: Executive Order on School Discipline Sparks Debate on Equity and Safety in the Classroom]]>
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    <loc>https://www.theobserver.media/health/a-california-lawmaker-leans-into-her-medical-training-in-fight-for-health-safety-net-bbf613c9</loc>
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            <news:language>en</news:language>
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        <news:publication_date>2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
        <news:title>
          <![CDATA[A California Lawmaker Leans Into Her Medical Training in Fight for Health Safety Net]]>
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      <![CDATA[A California Lawmaker Leans Into Her Medical Training in Fight for Health Safety Net]]>
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            <news:name>The Observer</news:name>
            <news:language>en</news:language>
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        <news:publication_date>2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
        <news:title>
          <![CDATA[Post-Floyd, Americans Are More Pessimistic About Racial Equality]]>
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    <![CDATA[Washington DC, USA-December 13, 2014: This man is protesting police brutality at a protest led by Reverend Al Sharpton on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC. He displays a sign with the message Black Lives Matter. Recently the deaths of Michael Brown, Eric Garner and Tamir Rice have upset the black community.]]>
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      <![CDATA[Post-Floyd, Americans Are More Pessimistic About Racial Equality]]>
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          <![CDATA[Collaborators Bring Community-Focused Approach To Mental Health Awareness]]>
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    <![CDATA[Dr. Troy Williams, center, and Aron King, right, are continuing to build resources and connections in addressing mental health in the Black community. After working together with the Cut to the Chase support group, they've started a new endeavor, Deeper Cuts. File Photo Courtesy of Seth Patterson]]>
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      <![CDATA[Collaborators Bring Community-Focused Approach To Mental Health Awareness]]>
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        <news:publication_date>2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
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          <![CDATA[California faces economic downturn, Gov. Newsom warns of cuts]]>
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    <image:title>
      <![CDATA[California faces economic downturn, Gov. Newsom warns of cuts]]>
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        <news:publication_date>2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
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          <![CDATA[Beyond The White Savior: Black Narratives In Foster Care On Screen]]>
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    <image:caption>
    <![CDATA[Played by late actress Novella Nelson in “Antwone Fisher,” Miss Tate was not the kindest or most attentive foster mother.]]>
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    <image:title>
      <![CDATA[Beyond The White Savior: Black Narratives In Foster Care On Screen]]>
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        <news:publication_date>2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
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          <![CDATA[Hoodoo vs. Holy Ghost: The ‘Sinners' Controversy]]>
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    <![CDATA[Sinners-Cast-Photo]]>
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      <![CDATA[Hoodoo vs. Holy Ghost: The ‘Sinners' Controversy]]>
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        <news:publication_date>2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
        <news:title>
          <![CDATA[Supreme Court Case Highlights Clash Between Parental Rights and Progressive Indoctrination]]>
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    <![CDATA[Lawyer Scales Justice - Law Concepts on Human Rights]]>
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      <![CDATA[Supreme Court Case Highlights Clash Between Parental Rights and Progressive Indoctrination]]>
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<url>
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        <news:publication_date>2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
        <news:title>
          <![CDATA[California released 15,000 prisoners early during COVID. New data reveals what happened to many of them]]>
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    <image:caption>
    <![CDATA[An armed guard surveys the grounds from the railing of a prison watchtower]]>
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    <image:title>
      <![CDATA[California released 15,000 prisoners early during COVID. New data reveals what happened to many of them]]>
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        <news:title>
          <![CDATA[Trump's EPA Really Wants to Get Rid of Climate Justice Grants]]>
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    <![CDATA[Pieces fo wood floating]]>
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      <![CDATA[Trump's EPA Really Wants to Get Rid of Climate Justice Grants]]>
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<url>
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        <news:publication_date>2025-05-12T00:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
        <news:title>
          <![CDATA[Double Discipline: The New Weight Black Kids Will Carry in Schools]]>
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    <![CDATA[Young sad teenage girl feeling lonely and excluded at school. Female outside classroom and thinking about teen problems, bullying or trouble feeling depressed and anxiety.]]>
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      <![CDATA[Double Discipline: The New Weight Black Kids Will Carry in Schools]]>
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<url>
    <loc>https://www.theobserver.media/politics/asm-mckinnor-pushes-bill-to-protect-california-workers-from-high-heat-other-climate-hazards-35d56921</loc>
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            <news:name>The Observer</news:name>
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        <news:publication_date>2025-05-12T00:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
        <news:title>
          <![CDATA[Asm. Mckinnor Pushes Bill to Protect California Workers From High Heat, Other Climate Hazards]]>
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    <![CDATA[Asm. Tina McKinnor (D-Inglewood) stands with members of California Labor for Climate Justice (CLCJ) during a rally at the State Capitol, where she spoke about her bill, AB 694. CBM photo by Antonio Ray Harvey. Norman Rogers, Vice President of United Steelworkers Local 675, says the California Labor & Climate Jobs (CLCJ) coalition is urging lawmakers to strengthen Cal/OSHA protections for workers facing extreme climate conditions. CBM photo by Antonio Ray Harvey. Rhonda Smith Craig J. DeLuz]]>
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      <![CDATA[Asm. Mckinnor Pushes Bill to Protect California Workers From High Heat, Other Climate Hazards]]>
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    <loc>https://www.theobserver.media/opinion/trump-wants-to-cancel-veterans-day-this-black-veteran-says-no-d9a04e19</loc>
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          <![CDATA[Trump Wants to Cancel Veterans Day. This Black Veteran Says No]]>
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    <![CDATA[1387px-369th_15th_New_York]]>
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      <![CDATA[Trump Wants to Cancel Veterans Day. This Black Veteran Says No]]>
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<url>
    <loc>https://www.theobserver.media/politics/president-trump-fires-librarian-of-congress-carla-hayden-c11f3005</loc>
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        <news:publication_date>2025-05-12T00:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
        <news:title>
          <![CDATA[President Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden]]>
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      <![CDATA[President Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden]]>
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<url>
    <loc>https://www.theobserver.media/education/sacramento-students-head-to-howard-university-24a4ec1e</loc>
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          <![CDATA[UCAN, Howard University Celebrate 25 Graduating Sacramento Scholars]]>
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    <![CDATA[The United College Action Network collaborated with Howard University on April 27 to highlight 25 local graduating students who are headed to the prestigious HBCU. Russell Stiger, Jr., OBSERVER]]>
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      <![CDATA[UCAN, Howard University Celebrate 25 Graduating Sacramento Scholars]]>
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          <![CDATA[Faith Leaders Arrested Protesting ‘Immoral' GOP Budget]]>
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      <![CDATA[Faith Leaders Arrested Protesting ‘Immoral' GOP Budget]]>
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    <loc>https://www.theobserver.media/news/student-loan-collections-have-resumed-heres-what-you-need-to-know-f3ca8575</loc>
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          <![CDATA[Student Loan Collections Have Resumed: Here's What You Need to Know]]>
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    <![CDATA[CBM_StudentLoansResuming_EH_May2025_THJ_JWB_TH]]>
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      <![CDATA[Student Loan Collections Have Resumed: Here's What You Need to Know]]>
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<url>
    <loc>https://www.theobserver.media/news/childhood-literacy-bill-supported-by-naacp-and-cta-moves-closer-to-becoming-california-law-67b8ccfd</loc>
    <news:news>
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        <news:publication_date>2025-05-12T00:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
        <news:title>
          <![CDATA[Childhood Literacy Bill Supported by NAACP and CTA Moves Closer to Becoming California Law]]>
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    <![CDATA[Larry Callies is the founder and operator of the Black Cowboy Museum. Credit: The Black Cowboy Museum]]>
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    <![CDATA[Former Memphis Police Department officers Demetrius Haley, left, and Tadarrius Bean, center, hug as Justin Smith Jr., right, becomes emotional behind them after they were acquitted of state charges, including second-degree murder, in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after he ran away from a traffic stop. Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (Chris Day/Commercial Appeal/USA Today Network via AP, Pool)]]>
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    <![CDATA[Author and former Fox News host Steve Hilton announced his run for California governor, as a Republican to replace Democrat Gavin Newsom, during an event in Huntington Beach, Calif., Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Paul Bersebach/The Orange County Register via AP)]]>
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      <![CDATA[Leslie Odom Jr. to reprise his Tony-winning role in ‘Hamilton' this fall]]>
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    <![CDATA[Ken Barnes will serve as interim CEO of the Greater Sacramento Urban League for roughly six months. The GSUL board of directors decided Friday to replace Dwayne Crenshaw, who had been CEO since January 2022. Courtesy Photo]]>
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    <![CDATA[The Gold Souls celebrate the arrival of their new album “Something In The Air” with two record release parties. In Davis, stop by Sudwerk on Friday, April 25, at 6:30 p.m. And in Sacramento, come boogie at the Torch Club on Saturday, April 26, at 9 p.m. (Photo courtesy of Madi Church; design by Tobias Berblinger)]]>
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      <![CDATA[Sacramento's The Gold Souls blend retro funk with modern soul on new album]]>
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      <![CDATA[Drake complains about Kendrick Lamar's ‘Not Like Us' Super Bowl performance in new defamation claims]]>
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      <![CDATA[These Four Bills Focus on Financial Compensation for Descendants of Enslaved People]]>
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          <![CDATA[Sacramento's ART-TISM Driven By A Mother's Mission]]>
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      <![CDATA[War in Ethiopia's Tigray region has left many disabled veterans without care]]>
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    <![CDATA[Advocates and lobbyists in the Capitol Rotunda, during the final session of the year at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Sept. 14, 2023. Photo by Rahul Lal for CalMatters]]>
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      <![CDATA[Special interests poured more than half a billion into California lobbying last year]]>
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          <![CDATA[African American Mayors Set to Convene in Nation's Capital for Landmark Conference]]>
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      <![CDATA[African American Mayors Set to Convene in Nation's Capital for Landmark Conference]]>
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          <![CDATA[California Holds the Line on DEI as Trump Administration Threatens School Funding]]>
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    <![CDATA[Barbara Lee]]>
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      <![CDATA[California Holds the Line on DEI as Trump Administration Threatens School Funding]]>
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          <![CDATA[Sacramento Doctor Empowers Black Mothers With Birth Plans]]>
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    <![CDATA[Local obstetrician/gynecologist Dr. Oyenmwen Inneh was born at Kaiser Morse and today works at Kaiser South Sacramento, where she has the joy of bringing countless babies into the world. Having a birth plan can be crucial in having better birth outcomes for Black women, she says. Courtesy Photo]]>
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      <![CDATA[Sacramento Doctor Empowers Black Mothers With Birth Plans]]>
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      <![CDATA[Opinion: America Keeps Punishing Haitians for Wanting Freedom]]>
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      <![CDATA[Trump says he's giving TikTok another 75 days to find a US buyer]]>
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<url>
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    <![CDATA[As members of the BPSB, community leaders Carl Pinkston, left, and Darryl White Sr., right, have influenced Sac Unified policies, including ending
a contract with the Sacramento Police Department as campus monitors. Roberta Alvarado, OBSERVER]]>
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      <![CDATA[Black Parallel School Board Serves As Firewall Against Attacks On DEI]]>
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          <![CDATA[Opinion: Compassion or Coercion. What is The Role of Government in a Free Society?]]>
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    <![CDATA[Craig J. DeLuz]]>
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    <![CDATA[FILE - Oakland Athletics' Rickey Henderson steals second base against the Minnesota Twins in the first inning of a baseball game at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, Calif., April 10, 1991. (AP Photo/Alan Greth, File)]]>
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    <![CDATA[Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland), at the podium, said the Fast Track Housing package is not about cutting corners. It's about "making our systems work better," she stated. Pictured to Wicks's left is Assemblymember Tina McKinnor (D-Inglewood). CBM photo by Antonio Ray Harvey. Asm. Tina McKinnor (D-Inglewood) presents AB 557 at a news conference organized to introduce a 20-bill package aimed at fast-tracking housing production in California. McKinnor's bill would end local inspections on factory-built housing. CBM photo by Antonio Ray Harvey. File photo: California Secretary of State Shirley Weber speaks at the "Advancing Equity and Justice Forum" on Jan. 22 at the Legislative Office Building in Sacramento. The event was hosted by the California Legislative Black Caucus in partnership with ACLU California Action.
CBM photo by Antonio Ray Harvey.]]>
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    <![CDATA[Dusty Baker, Courtesy Photo Chicago Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee #25 during a game against the New York Mets at Wrigley Field on July 15, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois. (Mike Janes/Four Seam Images via AP Images) Jerry Manuel, Courtesy Photo Ricky Jordan, Courtesy Photo Jerry Royster, Courtesy Photo Chicago White Sox's Jermaine Dye holds the MVP trophy after the White Sox defeated the Houston Astros in Game 4 to win the World Series, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2005, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) Dion James, Courtesy Photo 25 Feb. 1996: Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Greg Vaughn (33) posses for a photograph during Brewers team photo day at the Brewers Complex in Chandler Arizona. (Photo By John Cordes/Icon Sportswire) (Icon Sportswire via AP Images) Baltimore Orioles v/s Texas Rangers April 10, 2011]]>
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    <![CDATA[Asm. Rhodesia Ransom (D-Stockton) introduced Assembly Bill (AB) 13 on the day she was sworn into office. AB 13, if passed, would reform the California Public Utility Commission to increase its accountability to taxpayers. CBM photo by Antonio Ray Harvey. ROB BONTA, California Attorney General. DAVID TRUJILLO, ACLU California]]>
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    <![CDATA[Parents and students from across the state rally on March 4 at the Capitol to protest President Trump's agenda to defund the Department of Education, which would leave many without after-school programs. Roberta Alvarado, OBSERVER]]>
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      <![CDATA[Hundreds Of Students And Educators Rally At Capitol For After-School Programs]]>
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    <![CDATA[The Shriver Center, housed in the University of Maryland-Baltimore County's Public Policy Building, is at the center of UMBC's Truth, Racial Healing and Reconciliation program, supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Credit: Universitiy of Maryland-Baltimore County]]>
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<url>
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<url>
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<url>
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<url>
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            <news:language>en</news:language>
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        <news:publication_date>2025-02-21T00:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
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    <![CDATA[Former Kings power forward Zach Randolph, back, and 2008 NBA champion Tony Allen, front, on the set of the Out the Mud podcast. Russell Stiger Jr., OBSERVER]]>
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    <image:title>
      <![CDATA[After Fox Deal And All-Star Break, What Is Kings' Success Formula?]]>
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<url>
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            <news:name>The Observer</news:name>
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<url>
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<url>
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    <![CDATA[Artist Ruben Reveles uses sublimation techniques to transfer his artwork onto watercolor paper at MADE Studio in June 2024. The makerspace is at risk of closing if it doesn't raise $45,000 as soon as possible. (Photo by Janine Mapurunga)]]>
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CBM photo by Antonio Ray Harvey.]]>
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    <![CDATA[This image provided by Basil Watson shows the sculptor's proposal for a statue honoring Reconstruction hero Robert Smalls at the South Carolina Statehouse in Columbia, S.C. (Basil Watson via AP)]]>
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