S.E. Williams When the baton was passed from former San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon to his hand-picked successor Shannon Dicus the ink was hardly dry from his official swearing in ceremony when the Captain of the Coroner Division issued a press release labeled, “Temporary Operating Procedure” announcing that although Coroner Division policy designates the […]
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Moreno Valley Unified School District Earns Top Honor in 2022 Magna Awards Program
IE Voice Staff | The Moreno Valley Unified School District (MVUSD) was recently recognized as a National School Boards Association (NSBA) 2022 Magna Award winner for its commitment to equity. MVUSD received the Silver Award at the 2022 Annual Conference and Exposition on April 3, 2022, in San Diego. The district is one of 15 […]
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Black Photographer Lelanie Foster Captures Official Portrait of Ketanji Brown Jackson
Breanna Reeves | The White House released the official portrait of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson following her historic confirmation to the Supreme Court. On Friday Jackson was photographed by Bronx native, Lelanie Foster, a young Black photographer known for honoring the beauty of Black and Brown people in her photography. Following the bipartisan confirmation of […]
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Confirmed! Ketanji Brown Jackson First Black Woman to Serve on US Supreme Court
Breanna Reeves | Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, 51, made history on Thursday when she was confirmed as the 116th Supreme Court justice, making her the first Black woman and first public defender to become a member of the highest court. The U.S. Senate confirmed Jackson’s appointment in a 53-47 vote. Jackson will replace Justice Stephen Breyer […]
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California Updates Guidelines for 2nd COVID-19 Booster Dose
Breanna Reeves | Following the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) recommendation for an additional COVID-19 vaccine booster shot for certain individuals, California updated their eligibility requirements for a second booster dose as well as an initial Pfizer booster shot for those 12 years of age and older. As the dominant Omicron variant, BA.2, […]
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Keeping it Real: If Martin Had Lived
S.E. Williams April 4th marked the anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Most of a certain age—and I count myself among them—remember where we were, what we were doing and how we reacted in the moment, on the day the news broke Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King was dead. “There was […]
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Opinion: The Selection of San Bernardino’s First Black Police Chief, Darren Goodman
Hardy Brown Sr. | Chair, San Bernardino NAACP Legal Redress Committee and Publisher Emeritus, Black Voice News It has been a long time coming, but it has come. As a former Human Resource Manager with the responsibility to implement Executive Order 11246 signed into law in 1965 by President Lyndon Johnson, with its goal of […]
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Cesar Chavez Sparked a Movement for Farmworkers’ Rights and Protections that Continues
Breanna Reeves | In an act that continues to honor the legacy of labor activist Cesar Chavez, farm workers and supporters across California hosed demonstrations to question why Governor Newsom didn’t support an agricultural bill, on what would have been Chavez’s 95th birthday on March 31, 2022. According to the United Farm Workers (UFW), the […]
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San Bernardino Makes Historic Appointment, Darren Goodman Selected The City’s First Black Police Chief
S. E. Williams | On Friday, April 1 the City of San Bernardino announced the appointment of Darren Goodman to serve as the city’s chief of police. The nationwide search for the right candidate seemed exorbitantly long—the search took nearly three years—and in the interim, many in the community called for transparency and the fair […]