Lee Hawkins

Jan 10, 2024 | kpbs.org | Lee Hawkins |Alex Schroeder

This is part one of the Marketplace series "Golden Promises." Read part two and part three. With 2024 here, California lawmakers are set for an intense debate about economic reparations for Black residents descended from enslaved ancestors. In 2020, California became the first state . In June, that task force issued a nearly 1,100-page report for the state legislature to take up. Sen.

Jan 10, 2024 | kpbs.org | Lee Hawkins |Alex Schroeder

This is part three of the Marketplace series "Golden Promises." Read part one and part two. A bill in the California Legislature would create a first-of-its-kind agency to administer economic reparations for slavery, if lawmakers were to approve reparations. State Sen. Steven Bradford introduced the bill to create the agency last summer, with a vote possible in the legislature this year. But reparations efforts have had a hard time winning approval in state and local governments.

Jan 1, 2024 | aliciapatterson.org | Chandra Bozelko |Lee Hawkins |David Kortava |Roxanne Scott

The Alicia Patterson Foundation 2024 Fellowship Winners “The Deadly Racial Impact of Prison Discipline” “Unlocking the Gates: Investigating Real Estate Discrimination Against Black Families in America’s Suburbs” “The Amazon’s Tipping Point: Humanity’s Last Chance to Save the World’s Largest Rainforest” “After Decades of Disinvestment, Black Neighborhoods in NYC Feel the Brunt of the Climate Crisis” “Energy Transition in a Warming World.” “Worldwide Reproduction Problems” Sandy Close – founder...

Apr 14, 2023 | vegansociety.com | Lee Hawkins

If you've looked at vegan recipe pages in the last few years, you've probably noticed the use of an ingredient called "aquafaba", especially as an egg white replacement. Whether you've heard of it before or not, it's a versatile ingredient to have in your vegan cooking repertoire, so let's take a look at what it is and how you can use it to make some awesome vegan dishes! What is aquafaba?