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Monthly Archives: January 2026
The Black Panther Party Museum Announces Its Newest Exhibition, “Happy Heavenly Birthday, Oscar,” Honoring...
The Black Panther Party Museum announces the opening of the exhibit honoring the life of Oscar Grant III called "Happy Heavenly Birthday, Oscar," on Sunday February 1 for Black History Month.
Murdering Good
As long as the cult of top power brokers keeps us disconnected, fearing each other, pitted against each other, opposing and scapegoating each other, they can divide, conquer, control and exploit us.
Medi-Cal Cares For You And Your Baby Every Step Of The Way
Across California, including Alameda and San Francisco counties, Medi-Cal is working to address maternal concerns by expanding and coordinating health services so pregnant and postpartum people receive care that is respectful, comprehensive, and easier to navigate.
Nancy Pelosi: Your legacy can be so much more
In the brief time you have left in Congress, you can In the brief time you have left in Congress, you can endorse the Medicare for All Act of 2025 and encourage Gov. Newsom to support the new CalCare legislation.
Bryant Terry uplifts plant-based food and Black History at Marcus Books
Bryant Terry, multidisciplinary artist, chef, publisher and author, stopped by Marcus Books to share his catalogue of plant-based recipes and knowledge with the world.
Medi-Cal Helps You Stay Healthy: Use Your Medi-Cal Benefits (Alameda/San Francisco County)
Medi-Cal gives California adults — including Black families, seniors, parents, and caregivers — access to free or low-cost care designed to help people stay healthy, not just treat illness.
The murders of #KeithPorter and #ReneeGood by ICE demonstrate why we must fight harder...
We mourn each of these murders and condemn them, not only in theory, but in practice by doubling down on our solidarity, organizing and protest. We must look the monster straight in the face and fight it with every tool we have.
How to protect yourself from bogus AI court filings by your attorney
Donald “C-Note” Hooker in a photo published in People Magazine. – Photo: Peter Mertz
The Art of Healing concert, benefit for Marin community healer Oshalla Diana Marcus
Concert is Sunday, Jan. 18, 7 p.m. As Oshalla continues her own healing journey following a life-altering stroke, the community she has poured into for decades is responding in kind.
Efforts are underway to aid victims of Hurricane Melissa
Brenda Lopez is cofounder of Cuba Si, Bloqueo No! to end the 65-year-old US blockade that was supposed to strangle Cuba to death. Thanks to grassroots support around the world, Cuba still stands strong.
Fighting to survive: A brief exposé of Cuban life after Hurricane Melissa
Maria cooks for her family in remnants of what was her family's home prior to October's Hurricane Melissa in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Kwame Beans Shakur: Contradictions on organizing in post-neo-colonial north amerikkka
We are not in an underdeveloped third world nation whose people are born keenly aware of Our oppression and captive status. Our colonial experience is unique and has been altered and mastered over 400+ years into its own slave science.
The Bolivarian legacy, from Hugo Chavez to Nicolás Maduro
“My life changed forever when I met Hugo Chávez,” Prensa Latina reported in a 2023 story on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro describing his 30-year close friendship with his predecessor. “An extraordinary man, deeply human, noble and brave, with determination, ideals of justice and freedom,” he said of Chávez, who “became a second father, an example, a guide and a teacher.”
From Murder Capital to Silicon Valley Crossroads: Mayor Webster Lincoln and the remaking of...
At just over a year into his council term—after winning election in November 2024—Mayor Webster Lincoln is now the face of a city caught between its storied past and a tech-fueled future.
Newsom’s lame duck budget confirms prison population is falling
California must name the next prison closures and release elders
Press Release: Statement of Shincheonji Church of Jesus
This is a paid Press Release from the Shincheonji Church of Jesus (Jan 19, 2026).
The government has explicitly targeted a specific religious group, categorically...
The Black Alliance for Peace condemns U.S. intervention in Venezuela and stands with the...
The objective of this attack is none other than to seize Venezuela's strategic resources, particularly its oil and minerals, attempting to break the Nation's political independence by force. They will not succeed.