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Prop G’s false promises
Newsom and his political allies are backing the Proposition G transfer of City property to a private developer in what is likely the worst public-private partnership the Newsom administration has dreamed up.
Polluter pays!
The 94124 zipcode ranks in the 80th percentile for particulates, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds. It ranks in the 90th percentile for sulfur dioxide.
Everyone talks about affordable housing; Prop F makes it the law
With passage of Prop F, 50 PERCENT OF NEW HOUSING BUILT AT CANDLESTICK POINT MUST BE AFFORDABLE – BY LAW.
Environmental organizations and residents warn against consequences of Lennar’s ‘Prop Greed’
“People need to know about Proposition G’s environmental consequences. This is a ploy to pave parks for profits.”
Did CDC conceal toxic dust threat in Hunters Point as it did in Ohio?
Short term exposures to particles can, within hours or days, aggravate lung disease, cause asthma attacks and acute bronchitis and increase susceptibility to respiratory infections.
Israeli political cops beat prize-winning Gazan journalist
“His homeland, Gaza, is surrounded, starved, attacked, forgotten. He is a profoundly humane witness to one of the great injustices of our time. He is the voice of the voiceless.”
POCC speaks before the United Nations: an update wit’ POCC Chairman Fred Hampton Jr.
This is terrorism. (We should) not wait for some white left producer to later come out with some movie when it is safe to say, “OK, this is wrong."
Another world is possible: Boots of the Coup interviews Mumia Abu Jamal
"There is a very thin line between those of us who are political and those of us who are not ... that is why I say that there are millions of Malcolms. They just don’t know it yet."
Prop F answers SF’s top housing issue: Affordability
For over a year, Lennar polluted the Bayview with dangerous levels of asbestos particulate, churning poisonous dust clouds over community homes, schools and churches.
‘Master Developer’ is plantation mentality
We won’t stir up toxic dust as Lennar has that measurably poisons our children. We know the Shipyard is still not fit for human habitation. We’re not stupid.
‘Black art’ draws new collectors, better prices
“More confrontational works tended to be ignored,” Azzi said. “But now institutions and collectors are a bit more comfortable looking back and taking note.”
‘Banished’: How West Oakland and Hunters Point are fighting that fate
He stressed the need for people to buy property collectively and develop plans that would work as safety nets when people can’t afford to pay their mortgages.
Air district votes to fine Lennar
“How can you trust a criminal to preside over their own trial? We already know that the people who are supposed to be watching out for the health and safety of the community are paid contractors with the Lennar Corp."
As court considers BVHP referendum, Lennar plows ahead
“My son is sick and my grandchildren are sick. I could hope that someone would have said ‘Hold it.’ We know that there is environmental racism.”
‘Banished: How Whites Drove Blacks out of Town in America’
Between the late 1860s and the 1920s, Black people were subjected to a form of ethnic cleansing that Hitler would later use as a precursor for the Holocaust.
‘Banished,’ the Bay View fundraiser
We have all heard the tales about how racist Amerikkka is, but it is nothing like seeing it in interviews with the white beneficiaries.
‘Banished’: an interview wit’ filmmaker Marco Williams
I have a body of work that really looks at race relations and the dynamics of race – the pains, the problems and the frustrations between Black and white Amerikkkans – and in this one I thought that there was a possibility to look at perspective solutions.
Sean Bell’s second slaying
That they were Black men – even unarmed Black men – was deemed sufficient to unload on them, because in America their color was crime enough.
Towards African-American unity and a Black united front
“Dr. King wants the same thing I want: freedom.” – Malcolm X
On the road toward health
Step by step, access to healthy living is increasing with community efforts.