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Niger, West and Central Africa’s current war against neo-colonialism

What is striking and at the center of these changes on the continent, though, are a youth that no longer wants to be subjected to neocolonialism

The effect of today’s Hip Hop on the psychology of young Black America

A candid conversation on the potency of hip hop on youth

Rumors of WW3: Biden’s actions hint at military draft on the horizon

So as a community, we have to take an anti-draft and anti-war stance and begin to be very vocal about it. Black people and other people who are in the lower income brackets cannot continue to let our blood be the gasoline for the imperialist war machine’s agenda in other countries.

Jeelani Shareef, financial freedom fighter

I'm a revolutionary, and revolutionaries create opportunities for the people.

The racist politics of confinement in Virginia’s high security prisons

At Virginia’s high security prisons dogs are a FIRST RESORT to force in almost any situation where guards invent or claim justification to use force on prisoners.

Ruchell Cinque Magee was just released from prison after 67 years caged!

On July 15, 2021, Ruchell was denied parole for the 16th time. In 2023, Ruchell Magee signed a petition for compassionate release after incessant work to challenge the legitimacy of his imprisonment.

The under-funding of San Francisco’s Malcolm X Academy has led to a teacher shortage...

In 2023, in one of the most progressive cities in the country, Black residents are still fighting against separate and unequal distribution of resources to the local schools

Are Black people born with thicker skin?

This year they are having the Third Annual Shawn E’s Art & Jam. It’s a free family event happening on Aug. 12 that will feature local artists and vendors from all across the Bay.

It’s past time for us to demand the freedom of Imam Jamil Al-Amin!

Imam Jamil Al-Amin has been sitting and rotting away in a cement box, currently in Arizona, for the last 21 years, as retribution from the U.S. government for his past political career standing up - as H. Rap Brown - in the Black Power movement. 

Free fruit trees for Oakland residents

Oakland has the lowest life expectancy in Alameda county, due to the poor air quality.

Bayview Hunters Point finally has its own farmers’ market – every Thursday

I plan to use mushrooms and plants to remediate the soil in Bayview and teach students how to grow oyster mushrooms and spread the mycelium: small scale projects, big victories

Karim ‘Hard Hitta’ Mayfield talks about the live amateur boxing event in Fillmore on...

Check out what San Francisco boxing legend Karim Hard Hitta Mayfield has to say in his own words.

‘Fantastic Negrito: Have you lost your mind yet?’ a review

Fantastic Negrito, having gone through many stages and names throughout his career, has understood the struggle one must go through to walk on the other side freer – more true to your being and the story you wish to tell.

Numskull’s View: Looking at the history of Bay Area Hip Hop

Numskull of the Luniz gets candid in this interview!

Annual Ohlone ‘Big Time’ Gathering & Pow Wow 2023

The struggle for Black Liberation and Native American Indian Decolonization go hand in hand.

Bill requiring state to house incarcerated parents close to their children passes Senate Public...

AB 1226 requires an incarcerated parent or legal guardian of a minor child be placed in a correctional facility that's closest to their child’s home

WAA REEM: International Fashion and Music Week in San Francisco June 16-18

The WAA REEM concept, which means in Burkina Faso-West African language “Come and have fun or come enjoy the vibe,” is an idea born in 2013 in Africa

Oakland Strokes Youth Summer workshops teach the sport of rowing

We run summer camps in June out at San Pablo reservoir and in July at our boathouse in Oakland. We host Learn to Row days for organizations and schools we partner with as well.

Shoplifting on stolen land: debt-lying, surviving and dying from hunger

Bread lines, free boxes and saviors are not what poor people need or want. We need wealth-hoarders to transform into radical redistributors, Mama Earth de-occupiers, ComeUnity Reparators and change-makers.

New Ebony Alert brings new attention to an old issue

Black women need community support and oversight to keep us all safe!