Karen Bass Sworn In As California Assembly Speaker

Karen Bass is being sworn in today as Speaker of the California Assembly, the first Black woman to head a legislative body in the United States. The New York Times article on her elevation was entitled "Black Woman in Powerful Job in California": Ms. Bass begins with a track record with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican, who has called her a terrific leader and with whom she worked on the foster care system. “He’s a Republican, and I’m a Democrat,” Ms. Bass said in a telephone intervi

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