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Monthly Archives: May 2025
The TDCJ captain arrested for organized crime conspired to kill me at the Telford...
Exposed corruption: prison captain conspired to kill inmate; survived assassination plots, threats, and systemic cover-ups.
Rev. Arnold Townsend: ‘Voices of Truth to Power’ oral history archive shares his golden...
Townsend was 23, a returning veteran, entering another war on campus known as the 1968 Black Student Union-Third World Liberation Front Student Strike at San Francisco State University.
Why we must reclaim African Liberation Day: A call to revolutionary Pan-Africanism
Millions reclaim African Liberation Day as a militant, revolutionary Pan‑Africanism resisting imperialism and demanding economic sovereignty.
A community demolished, a relative dead
A community demolished; a beloved houseless resident, JT, found dead after the city’s violent sweep.
Virginia breaks a leg to transfer me out of state
Red Onion and Wallens Ridge prisons were built in the remote mountains of Virginia, where white guards’ treatment of Black prisoners is notoriously cruel and never punished. Kevin “Rashid” Johnson, a widely respected political prisoner, has been courageously reporting the abuse and prisoners’ responses, including self-immolation, and has so far survived the consequences. Support for him is growing, but more is needed.
Stop the torture of Rashid for exposing prisoners’ self-immolation
Rashid is again sleeping on a concrete slab about six inches from the ground. He cannot make phone calls or send messages to anyone. Keep flooding the South Carolina Department of Corrections with phone calls and emails.
San Francisco’s 2025 Carnaval is here!
With 47 years of festive fun, Caranval is heating up the summer season and remaining true to itself by highlighting the African cultural exchanges of Samba, Salsa, Jazz and Hip Hop that resonate globally.
Malcolm X and Human Rights in the time of Trumpism: Transcending the master’s tools
Malcolm X’s people‑centered human rights demand radical struggle against Trumpism, white supremacy and capitalist oppression.
Propaganda watch: Kagame is not Traoré
A recurring social media trope casts Rwandan President Paul Kagame as a defiant African hero, like Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré, resisting the West’s dictates, but nothing could be further from the truth.
Malcolm X: icon of liberation
On the 100th anniversary of the birth of Malcolm X, his thoughts still light the path to freedom.
Haiti and the global movement for reparations
URGENT SOS FOR HAITI on Tuesday, May 20, 4:30pm, Citibank Building, 88 Kearny St., at Post, SF! Reparations and restitution now! Asylum for Haitian refugees! Stop the flow of US-made weapons!
Black and Brown builders lead transformative affordable housing project in San Francisco’s Mission District
“We are the people we’ve been waiting for,” said Derek Smith of Marinship. “And now, we’re building the city we deserve.”
Women’s Club honors leaders at 44th annual Sojourner Truth Awards
Each award recipient shared personal stories of perseverance, purpose and community, offering powerful reflections on their journeys.
The US-EU-NATO’s regime change playbook for Burkina Faso and Capt. Ibrahim Traoré
The U.S. increases pressure on Burkina Faso through military propaganda, as Africans rise to protect the developing project.
Tallio’s x The Fillmo’
“Another thing that sets (Tallio's) apart is the joy. ... It's always a good vibe and ... (owner Olton Rensch) also supports other Black businesses as well,” said Bivett Brackett.
Black people, Palestine and the maintenance of empire
Revealing how Israel’s violence in Gaza serves U.S. hegemony and white supremacy, with Palestinian freedom as a catalyst for global justice.
Proposed initiative would increase Ethnic Studies requirements for graduation
California Secretary of State Dr. Shirley N. Weber, will begin the process of collecting petition signatures per the new initiative.
Southern Panther Malik Rahim
Common Ground founders Sharon Johnson and Malik Rahim, and Occidental College Professor Dr. Caroline Heldman
SF Community Clinics warn of threats to critical services from Medicaid cuts
The popular Southeast Health Center serves the people of Bayview Hunters Point.
Racial disparities in toxic cleanup times especially pronounced in SF, data shows
A toxic site in the Mission District, polluted with gasoline that leaked from storage tanks, is undergoing cleanup. Such remediations take longer in communities of color than majority-white communities. – Photo: Laura Wenus, San Francisco Public Press