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Comrade George, Gaza and the Black Community
How many of us are finding out about the Black community in the Gaza Strip for the first time now?
LandBack: ‘We have together set the Shellmound free!’
“We owe this victory to the ancestors and every single person who stood beside us in this fight. We did it!” said Deja Gould.
‘The Wiz’ returns: There’s no place like the Ruth Williams Bayview Opera House
The Bayview Opera House beat to the rhythm of "The Wiz."
Tomiko Iyalla: Oakland Afrobeats ambassador
Tomiko Iyalla talks about her connection with Afrobeats
World premiere of Ashley Smiley’s ‘Dirty White Teslas Make Me Sad’
Smiley, a playwright and San Francisco native with long standing personal ties to the Bayview Hunters Point, Mission, Fillmore and Sunnydale neighborhoods, shares, “The biggest thing that I want people to think about is the human component of gentrification.”
Trade unions segregate construction in Oakland
Once upon a time, when I was an innocent girl and started in this industry working for the City of Oakland, some of the wages were different.
SF Police Commission votes to curb racially-biased police stops
The San Francisco Police Commission voted Feb. 21 to enact a policy to curb SFPD’s use of racially-biased pretext stops.
The current state of reparations: case studies from key American cities
The demand for reparations is not merely a call for monetary compensation; it is a fight for recognition and justice and for the country to live up to its ideals of equality and liberty
Advocates weigh in on Calif. Black Caucus reparations package
The California Legislative Black Caucus introduces a 14-bill reparations package at the State Capitol on Feb. 21, 2024
Legendary filmmaker Kevin Epps takes the reins of the Bay View
He’s Kevin Epps, San Francisco’s best known filmmaker and the favorite son of Bayview Hunters Point, the pride of the community where he was born and raised.
Election issues in Park Merced
“At every polling place, the doors should be open. I don’t want this to happen to anyone else.” - Virginia Marshall
Spotlight on Virginia prisons: Why Virginia’s remote prisons need to be publicly exposed and...
Red Onion State Prison officials want to keep what happens in these dens of racism and corruption secret and go to every extreme to silence those who aim to expose them.
Yeshua’s Second Chance fights for a second chance
Gwendolyn Watkins remains steadfast in her determination to revive Yeshua’s Second Chance Foundation with a new fire truck manufacturing company she intends to name “Pride of America.”
Israeli massacre of starving Palestinians prompts Biden to promise air-dropped food
In the almost five months of war, there have been more children, more journalists, more medical personnel, more U.N. staff killed more than anywhere else in the world in any conflict.
Treatment not tents? Vote NO on Prop 1 and Prop F
by Tiny Gray Garcia aka povertyskola
“OWWW, OWWWWWWWW, OWWWW, OWWWW, OWWWW, OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.” Bobby, a houseless neuro-divergent relative, had been screaming in two-second intervals from the bed he was forced to lie on in the nursing...
San Francisco Apologizes for its anti-Black Racism
“The San Francisco Reparations Plan outlines more than 100 additional ways for the City of San Francisco to demonstrate the sincerity of that apology by proactively creating pathways to equity for Black San Franciscans.” - Tinisch Hollins
Does Treasure Island’s Equity Vision fix problems in Maceo May’s Veterans’ Housing?
Classism is being played out at Maceo May, a building for low income vets. Racism is occurring. Many are Black. Would the actual Maceo May, a Black veteran, approve?
Assassination attempts against Mumia Abu-Jamal
The medical community must acknowledge the underlying oppressive violence that our community, our loved ones are suffering. It is state violence that is so important.
Cedric Akbar: Community advocate and catalyst for positive change in San Francisco
Cedric believes that a thriving San Francisco starts within neighborhoods, and he’s committed to enhancing the safety of the community by ensuring accountability among residents and government and now by running for elected office.