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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.

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.

View from a playground in Hunters Point, 2025

The survey exposes toxic dumping at the Hunters Point Superfund site, endangering public health.

Oakland rally calls for ban on menthol products

Oakland activists demand a menthol cigarette ban to protect Black health and fight targeted marketing.

California enacts nation’s first Black-Serving Institution designation

California's SB 1348 creates the nation's first Black-Serving Institution designation to support Black student success.

Navy warfare schools permanently poisoned Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay

How much radiation still pollutes Treasure Island? Is the recent scanning the Navy's confession they have failed to remove it?

The myth of the legal white immigrant – from La Migra to CalTrans, from...

The article exposes the myth of the "legal" white immigrant and the injustice of settler colonialism.

Black History Month 2025: 14 places in California where Black businesses and culture thrived

The article highlights 14 historic Black neighborhoods in California and their cultural impact.

Bay Area libertarian crypto fascism

While the Bay Area prides itself for being at the progressive vanguard, there is an outsized contingent of libertarian crypto fascists in our midst that we tolerate at our own peril.
The Black Panther Party Museum, 1427 Broadway, Oakland, CA. Photo courtesy of the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation.

Survival Pending Revolution: The Black Panther Party Service to the People Programs

"Survival Pending Revolution" is a tribute and a call to action – urging us to reimagine and implement the Panthers’ blueprint for survival and liberation.

African American Construction Collective protests for legally required inclusion on City College construction

"We want everyone to know that this is a requirement. They're required to use local residents," Gregory said, citing the current practice that mainly seeks labor from outside San Francisco.

From kingpin to catalyst: James Beasley Jr.’s remarkable journey of redemption  

James Beasley Jr. turns from kingpin to community leader, promoting real estate and financial literacy.

Brigette LeBlanc breaks barriers as first woman president of SF African American Chamber of...

Brigette Renee LeBlanc becomes the first woman president of the San Francisco African American Chamber of Commerce.

Remembering Dr. Nathan Hare, a gentle reminder from Marvin X: Community healing, Black Studies...

Dr. Nathan Hare’s memorial celebrated his legacy in Black Studies and community healing.

Equal Justice Society: Black Californians’ biggest challenge? Racism!

The Equal Justice Society fights systemic racism through legal advocacy and reparations efforts.

Reparations advocate Chris Lodgson: Black Californians’ biggest challenge? Political power!

Chris Lodgson stresses Black political power as key to advancing California's reparations efforts.

Manifesting the vision: On Frantz Fanon’s fundamental transformation period

Kwame Beans Shakur and NALC advance decolonization through community programs and food sovereignty.