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Monthly Archives: March 2025
What’s killing Black businesses in the Bayview?
Bayview's Black businesses face challenges like gentrification, lack of community support, and cultural apathy.
Comparing histories: Black and Japanese American advocates talk reparations and justice
Black and Japanese American advocates discussed shared struggles and support for reparations at a Sacramento event.
Faye Ollison, presente!
Faye Ollison in a photo taken on the occasion of Faye's retirement at the Rad Lab
Justice for James Edward Oakley, swept to death in Vallejo
Vallejo Homeless Union, POOR Magazine, Mixed Kollective and ComeUnity standing together demanding #JusticeForJames Edward Oakley.
Black prisoners organize for dignity in Angola, Louisiana’s modern-day plantation
A guard on horseback with a crew of Black prisoners working the field illustrates the conditions of modern-day slavery at Angola Prison in Louisiana. – Photo via National Museum of African American History and Culture
How the ‘subversive genius’ of Kendrick Lamar sent Trump home a loser
Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl performance subverted Trump and celebrated Black resistance.
AfroSolo Arts Festival 31, March 28, 29, 30: Let Freedom Ring!
AfroSolo Arts Festival 31 celebrates Black storytelling, music, and AI-driven film.
Golden State Warriors highlight Black community health and excellence at African American Heritage Night
Warriors’ Heritage Night celebrated Black excellence, health, and advocacy.
Toxic waste cleanups take longer in marginalized communities
Arieann Harrison talks with longtime Hunters Point resident Antoine Mahan about his concern that truck traffic to and from the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard may be worsening air quality along Innes Avenue, where he lives. Even simple remediations lag at Bay Area sites in socially vulnerable areas, a Public Press analysis shows.
California Surgeon General’s Office launches new tool to lower maternal mortality rates
Self Love and care are especially vital during pregnancy and postpartum.
Ramona Tascoe MD: I grew up beside a Superfund landfill with only a chain...
Bayview Hunters Point faces ongoing exposure from Superfund contamination, community-led biomonitoring is fighting for environmental justice.
‘Developing’ Bayview
Gentrification in Bayview is displacing Black residents, reshaping the neighborhood, and erasing its cultural and economic history.
Butch Ware announces campaign for governor of California
Dr. Butch Ware launches his Green Party campaign for California governor, focusing on social justice, healthcare, housing, and electoral reform.