Black farmer looks to rethink stigma of picking cotton

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Kelli Merrick/500px/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Old images of African Americans picking cotton remind many of the oppression suffered by generations of Black slaves before the Emancipation Proclamation. For Black Americans in particular, their history with this

Early In-Person Voting for Sonoma County Begins This Weekend

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(Press release from the Sonoma County Registrar of Voters, 2-22-2024) SANTA ROSA, CA – Early in-person voting for the March 5, 2024, Presidential Primary Election opens this weekend, Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk-Recorder-Assessor-Registrar of Voters, announced