Meet the women of All My Usos – Breaking taboo

All My Usos (AMU), meaning “All My Brothers” in Samoan, is a homage to the organization's grassroots initiative that’s provided services and resources to thousands of families over the last decade.

Fun, fellowship and family – APA is bringing people together

APA is an important organization in the Bay Area that serves the AAPI community, but its services are open to all.

SF Bay View backs Dr. Butch Ware for governor of California

Dr. Butch Ware has earned the full and official endorsement of the San Francisco Bay View National Black Newspaper for governor of California in 2026.

Legal, ethical questions remain as Epps trial sentencing date nears

 “There is too much that happened to give anybody the sense that this was a proper prosecution and a proper conviction. They ... did so much wrong in order to bring this man into the criminal justice system.” - Judge Harbin-Forte

Welcome to Oakland’s Black Panther Museum

The Black Panther Party, founded to end the oppression of Black people, recognized that political solidarity was fundamental but not enough; to fight for freedom, people need to eat, learn and be healthy. In response, free breakfast was offered to children by chapters of the party throughout the country, along with community schools, free health clinics and many other efforts under the banner “Survival Pending Revolution.” Here, Dr. Buck explains the programs as he leads a tour of the Black Panther Museum.

The Black Alliance for Peace condemns the U.S.-Iraeli war on Iran

In the first hours of the war by the U.S. and Israel against Iran on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2026, this girls’ elementary school in Minab, Iran, was bombed. At least 108 were killed, most of them school girls ages 7 to 12 in their morning classes – one a 9-year-old who had memorized the Quran and was preparing for a competition in two months. – Photo: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, X

GLIDE opens community barbershop connecting haircuts to health, healing and hope

GLIDE celebrates its newest initiative — a community barbershop designed to connect men with critical health and support services.

Case unclosed: Revisiting the murder of Jeffrey Epstein 

Jeffrey Epstein – What is going on now? What really happened? Why the delay in releasing the information? What is being hidden?
African American male standing with hands clasped in front of him. He is standing in from of Malcolm X mural. The mural is vibrant and the continent of Africa is drawn depicted into three colorful regions. West inked, central in black, and eastern in blue.

Candidate for governor Dr. Butch Ware joins striking teachers at Malcolm X Academy in...

The mural at Malcolm X Academy speaks for the school, the neighborhood – Hunters Point has been called “the fiercest ‘hood in the Bay” – and his campaign for governor of California. He visited the school in support of the teachers’ strike.

The case for Universal Health Care

The situation is dire. Donald Trump’s Big Ugly Bill gutted Medicare and Medicaid. This pre-fascist madman highjacked our taxpayer money and gave it to his rich friends. 
Middle aged male of color wearing sunglasses. He has a mustache and a goatee. He is wearing a silver diamond stud in his left ear. Yea is wearing a black shirt with a grey colored tie. His scare is a checkered patten of red, white and green.

CalCare (universal healthcare) is reintroduced in the California Assembly!

Dr. Butch Ware, Green Party candidate for governor of California, puts universal healthcare at the top of his priority list. Unlike Democratic candidates, he takes no money from Big Pharma or others in the healthcare industry that oppose universal healthcare.

Kaiser Permanente San Francisco provides a $25,000 grant to the San Francisco Bay View...

The San Francisco Bay View Foundation has launched a new collaboration with Kaiser Permanente San Francisco to support the San Francisco Bay View newspaper internship program.

Broken promise: HUD co-ops and the fight for Black San Francisco

The first round of San Francisco’s housing cooperatives supported by HUD was intended to be a shield against displacement, but many of these same housing cooperatives are now on the brink of disaster, leaving Black people and poor people of all nationalities to wonder how “ownership” has become another word without meaning. This feature begins our ongoing series of stories tracing the money, the paper trail, and most importantly, the people fighting for their homes.

Topped ramen: Mayo Clinic flags ramen risks, exposing a hidden prison health crisis

The new study showing instant ramen can cause metabolic syndrome, heart problems, and premature death has critical implications for the thousands of people in California prisons who rely on instant ramen to survive the failed food system. As CDCR and other prison agencies face increased pressure to address the health dangers of ultra-processed prison commissary food, the people who suffer the most—those behind the walls who rarely hear about these types of health issues—want safe food, real alternatives, and a voice in the food they’re forced to eat every day.

US to Cuba: Genocide by way of oil blockade

Maria Mirabel's children and niece are some of the innocent bystanders threatened with starvation because of the US government's 65-year blockade as well as Trump and Rubio's complete ban on oil to the island since January. End the US taxpayer sponsored blockade on Cuba! 

Stand up for Sudan

Sudan is now the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. Sudanese suffer much as Gazans do but their numbers are far greater. The entire population is 52 million, and according to the UN Refugee Agency, reporting in April 2025, 13 million had to flee their homes.
People walking holding cuban flag.

Turning its back on Cuba: Government of Guyana sells its soul

Cuba has provided Guyana with doctors, scholarships and healthcare for nearly five decades. In return, Guyana's government has turned its back at the moment of Cuba's greatest need.

We are all somebody … because Jesse Jackson told us we are

On Sesame Street, the show no child in the country wanted to miss, Rev. Jesse Jackson teaches children to say and believe, “I am somebody” in 1972. – Photo: Sesame Workshop

A message from Kevin Cooper in memory of Rev. Jesse Jackson

The Rev. Jesse Jackson had a special place in his heart for prisoners. Here, despite the disease that would take his life three years later, on Jan. 21, 2023, he made his customary annual visit to the Cook County Jail with his son, Congressman Jonathan Jackson, pushing his wheelchair as prisoners rushed to welcome him. – Screenshot: WGN News
African American Male wearing down classes and a blue suit and tie with a white shirt.

We can’t claim to value justice while starving public defense 

San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju, "Across the country, thousands of people sit in jails and prisons for crimes they did not commit or for conduct that would never be charged if they were in a different socio-economic bracket. Some were wrongfully convicted by juries."