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Stop the massacres in Haiti: End US and UN support for the criminal regime...
The Haitian people continue to resist the deadly slide into dictatorship – from the moment of the US-backed coup d’ etat against President Aristide on Feb. 29, 2004, to this very minute, with escalating massacres, extrajudicial killings, rapes and unchecked reign of terror against the people by the criminal regime of Jovenel Moise. Their cry is our call to action.
SF Police Officers Assoc.: ‘We’d sign off on USDOJ reforms tomorrow!’ in exchange for...
Society, and all elements of it, are responding to crossroads events. SF Board of Supervisors is feeling the heat of the proverbial feet to the fire in their negotiations with the San Francisco Police Officers Association’s contract renewal, the Board endowed with the grace of leverage to decide if they are committed, or not, to SFPD reform.
POOR ‘tours’ the Tenderloin demanding housing and reparations for 500 houseless San Franciscans facing...
UPDATE – Join us Monday, Nov. 16, at McAllister and Hyde at 3 p.m. for the Stolen Land-Hoarded Resources Tour to learn how communities are responding to the Bay Area electorate’s treatment of our homeless, soon-to-be again evicted onto the streets community members – Merry Christmas?
Bay View editors confront Tetra Tech’s intimidation tactics and environmental racism in Bayview Hunters...
Bayview, San Francisco – Bay View Assistant Editor Malik Washington discusses two threatening letters sent to to the Bay View newspaper October and November 2020 from Tetra Tech, the remediation company contracted to clean up the toxic Hunters Point Shipyard.
Election 2020: Results show California may not be that liberal after all
A tedious effort to follow up on how propositions and measures fared in an election event, Quinci LeGardye of California Black Media does the work and delivers the results, like it or not.
Black employees say racism is rife at Cal Air Resources Board
The 13-page letter from Concerned Black Employees to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to specify experiences of racism at CARB – widespread, routine and systemic – and shared, as well, with CARB’s staff, may provide the incentive to engage action towards introspection and change at the agency.
Brown girl brown girl
Following the 2020 election of Kamala Harris as the 49th vice president of the United States, well-known poet, Leslé Honoré, paints a conversation with a young brown girl about what she sees, and where realized dreams come from.
‘Rubble Kings’: How the violence stopped and hip hop emerged in the South Bronx
Let’s talk gangs, real gangs, New York City gangs, violence, hip hop and rap. The new documentary, ‘Rubble Kings,’ will lift you out of the depths of election frazzle and drop you into a different conversation, perhaps one of inspired possibilities.
Trump’s massive, covert increase in federal executions & CDCr’s deadly mishandling of COVID-19
Bayview, San Francisco – Editors Nube and Malik speak on the Trump Administration's massive, covert increase in federal executions and CDCr's deadly mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic, currently being protested by hunger strikers at CTF-Corcoran prison.
California Sen. Kamala Harris named 49th vice president of the United States
The votes of the people have chosen Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States and Oakland’s own Kamala Harris as the 49th vice president of the United States to craft the changes voters want to see. The Biden-Harris partnership is capable and focused on the suffering of a divided nation with broad possibilities and hope to build a better America.
Bay View Fundraiser 2020
Our November fundraiser was a blast! We celebrated the history, people and culture of Bayview Hunters Point, featuring the beautiful people of the neighborhood partying, dancing, playing music and indulging in our amazing local restaurants. With words and co-sponsorship from SF's Latinx newspaper El Tecolote!
Wanda’s Picks for November 2020
Wanda’s Picks are right on time to lift us out of the anxiety of the day-to-day crisis attention, COVID-19 limbo and election/post-election teeth-grinding – like taking the lid off that gift box of chocolate truffles, creams and caramels, with plenty to share.
Send ’em to Malcolm!
Downtown, San Francisco – Malcolm Construction claims to hire people of color, so we want to invite our followers and friends to contact then in order to get jobs in the construction field!
🦨SF evicts HUNDREDS unhoused from hotels
Tenderloin, San Francisco – ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿Where are people supposed to go? Does the city even have a clear plan beyond harassing and hurting our homeless brothers and sisters?📢It's getting colder: donate food and clothes now!
🏬Multimillion dollar condos, no resources for unhoused
Tenderloin, San Francisco – Malik speaks to folks at Code Tenderloin about the disparities in the city's priorities. London Breed: What's the plan for our unhoused? The homeless crisis didn't end just because COVID restrictions did!
Jacquelin’s BBQ on Quesada and Third
Bayview, San Francisco – Malik talks to local Bayview Hunters Point native chef Jacquelin, who's cooking up stuffed oysters, crab, lobster, brisket and all kinds of food at the corner almost every afternoon. Jacquelin says that the Bayview neighborhood needs support and resources.
Section 3: Use it or lose it
What is Section 3? Lin Robertson makes sure we know in detail about Section 3 because the HUD Section 3 New Hiring Requirements on public and affordable housing are slated to be removed in 2021. That’s very bad news for our low- and very low-income community members, and our communities at large.
Jalil Muntaqim, recently paroled after 49 years, was arrested Friday and is facing re-imprisonment...
Please Sign the Petition –
The carceral state is relentless. After 49 years caged, Jalil Muntaqim’s freedom is in jeopardy after completing a voter registration form. Mr. Muntaqim's family and community who know, honor and love their educated, respected and courageous elder, say NO!