Author Archives: S.E. Williams

Stephanie Williams is executive editor of the IE Voice and Black Voice News. A longtime champion for civil rights and justice in all its forms, she is also an advocate for government transparency and committed to ferreting out and exposing government corruption. Stephanie has received awards for her investigative reporting and for her weekly column, Keeping it Real. Contact Stephanie with tips, comments. or concerns at myopinion@ievoice.com.

Eva Grace Lemon (7 years old), Martin Luther King Jr., Aretha Willis (7); background Andy Young, Hosea Williams, march to integrate schools, Grenada, MS, 1966.

Keeping It Real

Keeping it Real: The Sinister Appropriation of the Words and Writings of the Authentic MLK

by S.E. Williams January 16, 2023January 16, 2023

It is also important for agencies, district attorneys, and lawmakers to work with the communities they serve to develop their own policies to address pretextual stops in addition to looking at new types of traffic enforcement programs.

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Keeping it Real: Do We Have the Courage to Demand Local Officials “Stop the Stops”?

by S.E. Williams January 8, 2023January 8, 2023

Californians welcome 2023 with more than two dozen new laws.

It’s the Law: California Enters 2023 With A Long List of New Rules and Regulations

by S.E. Williams December 29, 2022December 29, 2022

From Left to Right, Black Voice News Executive Editor Stephanie Williams, Publisher Paulette Brown-Hinds, California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Mapping Black California Project Director Candice Mays meet at the Inland Empire Community Foundation. Brown-Hinds volunteers her time as Chair of the IECF Board of Directors.

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Keeping it Real: Make a Difference in 2023

by S.E. Williams December 26, 2022December 28, 2022

In December 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice Department had filed suit against the City of Hesperia, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department and the County of San Bernardino for allegedly failing to enforce the Fair Housing provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1968.

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Keeping it Real: San Bernardino and its Sheriff’s Department Again Called Out for Discrimination

by S.E. Williams December 19, 2022December 19, 2022

Riverside County Board of Supervisors say “No” to pay increases for Chad Bianco, Mike Hestrin and other elected officials.

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Keeping it Real: ‘No. You Can’t Have a Raise’

by S.E. Williams December 12, 2022December 12, 2022

The U.S. population’s total fertility rate is now approximately 1.7 births per female, which is below the replacement rate of 2.1 that is required for the U.S. population not to shrink without increases in immigration.

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Keeping it Real: Whose Progeny Should Lead the Future?

by S.E. Williams November 28, 2022November 29, 2022

Corey Jackson makes history as the first Black and openly gay member of the LGBTQ+ community to be elected to the California State Assembly.

Keeping It Real

Keeping it Real: Corey Jackson Makes History

by S.E. Williams November 14, 2022November 14, 2022

The country’s political hyper-polarization may result in losing candidates across the country declaring the Midterm Election was rigged.

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Keeping it Real: The Choice

by S.E. Williams November 7, 2022November 7, 2022