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.

Riverside Sheriff's Department.

Keeping It Real

Keeping it Real: Did Riverside County’s Sheriff Cover-up Pretrial Detainee Deaths?

by S.E. Williams March 27, 2023March 27, 2023

In exchange for 450 hours of service, California College Corps participants, called Fellows, earn $10,000 – offering a meaningful leg up on educational expenses and debt reduction.

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Keeping it Real: California’s Great Exchange

by S.E. Williams March 20, 2023March 20, 2023

Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All At Once, made history when she won the award for Best Actress.

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Keeping it Real: 95th Oscars Provide Breakthrough Moments for Asian Americans, for All Americans

by S.E. Williams March 13, 2023March 13, 2023

“The way we treat our children in the dawn of their lives and the way we treat our elderly in the twilight of their lives is the measure of the quality of a nation.”

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Keeping it Real: Evicted Without Explanation

by S.E. Williams March 6, 2023March 6, 2023

There are millions of Black women who live or have lived quiet lives of everyday heroism as each in her own way do/did what it is/was given her to do to help move the cause of justice and equality forward.

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Keeping it Real: Black Women, Black History

by S.E. Williams February 20, 2023February 20, 2023

Temecula City Hall.

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Keeping it Real: Temecula: Confederacy of the Inland Empire

by S.E. Williams February 13, 2023February 13, 2023

Black officers in Memphis, TN first fired from their jobs and then charged with second-degree murder in the death of Tyre Nichols.

Keeping It Real

Keeping it Real: The Murder of Tyre Nichols by Modern Day “Men in the Middle”

by S.E. Williams February 6, 2023February 6, 2023

In 2022, guns became the leading cause of death among children and adolescents.

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Keeping it Real: America Loves Guns More than It Loves Its Children

by S.E. Williams January 26, 2023January 31, 2023

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco is sworn in by Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin on January 4, 2023.

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Keeping it Real: Arrogant and Self-Assured, Sheriff Chad Bianco Begins New Term

by S.E. Williams January 22, 2023March 2, 2023