Legacy of a Black Cowboy: Remembering Al Joubert’s Life and Love for Rodeo
Flora and Alton James Joubert, a Black couple from Jurupa Valley, California, shared their memories of the rodeo lifestyle and the legacy of Alton’s late husband, Al, who passed away a decade ago from a horseback accident.
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Everything Revolves Around Food
Luca Martinez As a child, Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack would begrudgingly help her mother Vangie and grandmother Jesuista in the kitchen. Cooking Mexican food was a significant element of her Mexican family and their El Paso, Texas home. But unlike her two elders, Marquez-Sharpnack didn’t feel a connection to the food in…
A Restaurant Unlike Any Other
Luca Martinez Nearly 22 years ago, Jose and his wife Antonia Toledo made a gamble.…
The Taste of “Little Thumb”
Luca Martinez As a young girl growing up in La Libertad, a city in El…
Spreading Nicaraguan Culture through a Dream Come True
Luca Martinez | Photos by Aryanna Noroozi You could call it a restaurant founded on…
Briana Rice: A Day in the Life (Photo Essay)
Briana Rice, 38, was rear-ended by a semi-truck in December 2021, suffering a traumatic brain injury, a spinal injury, and…
In My Opinion: Half-truths, Is City Manager Charles Montoya Creating A Den of Smiling Face Liars? (Part 2)
The City of San Bernardino’s Charter provides for a council-manager form of government, in which the Mayor and Council appoint…
Keeping it Real: Riverside County Board of Supervisors: Incrementalism is Not a Solution
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors has taken an incremental step toward transparency by outsourcing autopsies related to in-custody and…
New California Black Doula Directory Launched by Frontline Doulas
Frontline Doulas, a perinatal health program founded by two community-based doulas, launched the California Black Doula Directory to provide equitable…
Brain Injury Survivor Briana Rice: Living with An Invisible Disability
Breanna Reeves | Photos by Aryana Noroozi In December 2021, Briana Rice, 38, was on her way home from work…
Combating Child Poverty
Assemblymember Corey Jackson has introduced two proposals to develop and strengthen the California Youth Childhood Tax Credit (YCTC) in response…