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Dr. Irma Carson, Bakersfield Trailblazer and Longtime Ward 1 Advocate, Dies
Dr. Irma Carson, a barrier-breaking public servant whose decades of work helped widen doors in local government, law enforcement, education, and community health, has died. Her passing marks the loss of a historic figure whose life of service reshaped civic leadership in Bakersfield and inspired generations within the Black community.
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Secret Service Expansion Accelerates as Global Tensions Rise
The U.S. Secret Service is preparing for one of the largest expansions in its history as officials confront what they describe as an unprecedented volume of credible threats, fueled by escalating global tensions and a series of aggressive U.S. actions overseas that have triggered unrest at home and abroad.
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Secret Service Expansion Accelerates as Global Tensions Rise
The U.S. Secret Service is preparing for one of the largest expansions in its history as officials confront what they describe as an unprecedented volume of credible threats, fueled by escalating global tensions and a series of aggressive U.S. actions overseas that have triggered unrest at home and abroad.
Secret Service Expansion Accelerates as Global Tensions Rise
The U.S. Secret Service is preparing for one of the largest expansions in its history as officials confront what they describe as an unprecedented volume of credible threats, fueled by escalating global tensions and a series of aggressive U.S. actions overseas that have triggered unrest at home and abroad.
Henley Delivers Strong Season for Chargers, Shines in Playoff Loss
Classrooms should be places of opportunity, not obstacles. But for many students with disabilities, especially students of color and English learners, school often reinforces the inequities it’s supposed to erase.
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Dr. Irma Carson, Bakersfield Trailblazer and Longtime Ward 1 Advocate, Dies
Dr. Irma Carson, a barrier-breaking public servant whose decades of work helped widen doors in local government, law enforcement, education, and community health, has died.
Nurturing Community and Nonviolence Rev. Crawford’s Vision for Bakersfield’s 29th Annual MLK Breakfast
For nearly three decades, the Rev. Wesley Crawford Sr., a longtime civil rights advocate and Kern County leader, has carried the torch of Dr. Martin
Why Tracking Racial Disparities in Special Education Still Matters
Classrooms should be places of opportunity, not obstacles. But for many students with disabilities, especially students of color and English learners, school often reinforces the
To Knock Down Health-System Hurdles Between You and HIV Prevention, Try These 6 Things
When Matthew Hurley was looking to take PrEP to prevent HIV, the doctor hadn’t heard of the medicine, and when he finally did prescribe PrEP,
Secret Service Expansion Accelerates as Global Tensions Rise
The U.S. Secret Service is preparing for one of the largest expansions in its history as officials confront what they describe as an unprecedented volume
Five Years Later, Capitol Officer Harry Dunn Says January 6 Was the Worst Day of His Life
On the fifth anniversary of January 6, a date now fixed in the American conscience, Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn returned to the moment that
Is Congress Irrelevant? Trump Bombs His Seventh Country in Less Than a Year Without Congressional Authority
Let’s talk about real dollars and real opportunity in the new year. At OIC of America, we like to say, “Skills pay bills.” And in
An ICE Shooting, Foreign Aggression, and the Making of a Chaotic America
America no longer wakes up to news. It wakes up to damage reports, and the reports keep piling up faster than the country can absorb