2019
Yearly Archives: 2019
Stop the fires with underground lines and public power
Gov. Newsom’s condemnation of PG&E rings hypocritical, as he is the recipient of more than $200,000 in campaign contributions from the company. Moreover, Newsom wants to remove legal liability standards for electrical utilities and has created a $26 billion wildfire liability bailout fund.
Hillary busts Tulsiasha Gabbardskaya and Jillia Steinakanova: What could go wrong?
Those sympathetic to the allegation that Trump is a stooge of the Kremlin claim that the Russians sought to use social media to alienate voters against Hillary Clinton. But with $1 billion at his disposal, why couldn’t Clinton’s campaign advisor figure out how to use Clinton’s social media to win votes for her.
A brief history of the New Afrikan prison struggle
1. We want freedom. We want power to determine the destiny of our Black community.
Wanda’s Picks for October 2019
African history does not start with slavery; however, American history does.
As San Francisco mothers raising the next generation of San Franciscans, we will vote...
When Chesa Boudin is elected, he will have a profound impact on transforming The City and protecting our children and families from the racism and harm inflicted by the criminal justice system.
Russian pride and US exceptionalism
“We wanted socialism with a human face, but we got [long pause] very harsh capitalism.”
Long live the greatest threat to the internal security of the US, the Black...
On this 50th anniversary of the Black Panthers’ Free Breakfast Program, let us meditate on the incredible legacy of the original Black Panther Party. Although this is a plea for help and a call to action, this piece is also a dedication.
Prop A: Affordable homes for San Franciscans now!
To fight the growing housing crisis and preserve the soul and character of the Bayview neighborhood, we must pass Proposition A on the November ballot. Prop A will allow long-time residents to stay in the neighborhood they love.
Visitacion Valley teen Sabrina McFarland named National Youth of the Year by Boys &...
Sabrina is attending Barnard College and aspires to be elected a member of Congress and use her voice to help advocate for changes and equity in the U.S. education system.
Master Plan for Aging: San Francisco speaks
Fourteen percent of San Francisco seniors live in poverty, and over 50 percent of the homeless are seniors, 44 percent of whom have become homeless in their 50s.
Resistance to the idea of reparations may be simply psychological
by Wade Nobles, PhD
The newly wide-ranging discussion of reparations is being
stimulated by the recognition of the 400th anniversary of the introduction of
kidnapped captive Africans...
Rally Tuesday at City Hall to demand justice for Mario Woods and an end...
On Tuesday at noon, join the rally and press conference on the steps of City Hall to demand justice for Mario Woods and an end to war on Black and Brown people in San Francisco, and attend the hearing on the US Department of Justice’s 272 recommendations at 3 p.m.
Suit filed against Sacramento PD for restraining 12-year-old boy with bag over his head
The law firm of renowned attorney Ben Crump filed suit today against the Sacramento PD and a private security firm for restraining a 12-year-old of small stature with a bag over his head to “shut him up” after arresting him at a neighborhood carnival.
Aramark: Multibillion dollar food vendor starves and exploits prisoners
"In Ohio prisons, maggots were also found in Aramark’s foods." | Corporate profit and Aramark's starvation diets
Expanding space for women to heal: Grand opening of the Hope Center in the...
We are thrilled to announce the grand opening of the Hope Center drop in services, an expansion of the San Francisco SafeHouse transitional program.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
The Charlotte Maxwell Clinic (CMC) has been providing free integrative cancer care to low-income Bay Area women since 1991. The clinic recently moved from its previous location to an historic bank building located on “Pill Hill” across from Sutter Hospital in Oakland.
30 days after release, prisoner holds fundraiser
Prisons are not the place for the promotion of peace, especially in their maximum security and solitary confinement housing units.
#StokersSoWhite: 2016-2018, the fall of tokenism at the HWA
Black voices in speculative fiction aren’t new, but awareness of our participation in sci-fi, horror and fantasy is on the rise. This is partially due to the scandals and also to the increase in Black audiences in the sci-fi, fantasy and horror television and motion picture industries.
Solidarity never? The fight for WBAI
WBAI, the listener-supported New York City radio station with a 60-year history of radical political dissidence, was seized on Oct. 7 by the interim executive director and a minority of the Pacifica National Board, which owns the five stations in the Pacifica Radio Network.
Power concedes nothing without a demand: Community demands reinstatement of Hunters Point Shipyard RAB
The Navy appears to be in violation of the regulatory requirement to “reassess community interest at least every 24 months.” It has been over a decade since Laura Duchnak signed the Navy’s Letter of Intent to Dissolve the RAB.