HOOPLA! Circus Bella presents its 16th annual FREE Circus in the Parks Season
Opening weekend performances are Friday, June 20, at noon and Saturday, June 21, at noon and 2:15 p.m. at Yerba Buena Gardens, 760 Howard St., between Third and Fourth streets in San Francisco.
Bay FC to honor Juneteenth at PayPal Park Friday, June 13
Bay Football Club (Bay FC) is the professional soccer franchise representing the Bay Area and the 14th team to join the National Women’s Soccer League. Tickets at bayfc.com.
From Oakland to Ouagadougou, the revolution is alive in word, color and action
by Tiy Todd
Burkina Faso, the “Land of the Upright People,” is a nation embodying a revolutionary declaration. Former President Thomas Sankara and today’s President...
‘We all sick’: Breast cancer impact on Black women in Bayview Hunters Point
A 1995 study found the number of breast cancer cases in Black women under the age of 50 exceeded the number of projected cases by more than double.
Feds enact Superfund cleanup moratorium
Feds pause Superfund cleanups amid budget cuts; Hunters Point demolition raises radiation and public-health safety concerns.
‘Black and Proud’: SF Bay View Foundation’s Nonprofit Boot Camp returns June 28 with...
The SF Bay View Foundation’s Nonprofit Boot Camp returns as a sanctuary and strategy space for Black-led change on Saturday, June 28, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Opera House, 4705 Third St.
Wesley Johnson and Mary Helen Rogers’ Juneteenth strategy
The U.S. Army had to capture, often burn to the ground plantations in order to release African-Americans. By 1865, only 1 million of the 3.6 million enslaved had been freed.
D’Wayne Wiggins: A musical architect and community champion
Wiggins’ passing leaves a deep void, but his contributions to music and culture remain indelible.
The utter cruelty and inhumanity of Trump’s immigration policy towards Haitians
Hundreds of thousands of Haitians currently under threat of deportation must be allowed to stay in the U.S. at least until it is safe for them to return to Haiti.
Axe the tax: Cali’s marijuana store owners say new increase will break them
California cannabis retailers urge lawmakers to halt July tax hike, warning it will shutter small businesses.
The TDCJ captain arrested for organized crime conspired to kill me at the Telford...
Exposed corruption: prison captain conspired to kill inmate; survived assassination plots, threats, and systemic cover-ups.
Rev. Arnold Townsend: ‘Voices of Truth to Power’ oral history archive shares his golden...
Townsend was 23, a returning veteran, entering another war on campus known as the 1968 Black Student Union-Third World Liberation Front Student Strike at San Francisco State University.
Why we must reclaim African Liberation Day: A call to revolutionary Pan-Africanism
Millions reclaim African Liberation Day as a militant, revolutionary Pan‑Africanism resisting imperialism and demanding economic sovereignty.
A community demolished, a relative dead
A community demolished; a beloved houseless resident, JT, found dead after the city’s violent sweep.
Stop the torture of Rashid for exposing prisoners’ self-immolation
Rashid is again sleeping on a concrete slab about six inches from the ground. He cannot make phone calls or send messages to anyone. Keep flooding the South Carolina Department of Corrections with phone calls and emails.
Propaganda watch: Kagame is not Traoré
A recurring social media trope casts Rwandan President Paul Kagame as a defiant African hero, like Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré, resisting the West’s dictates, but nothing could be further from the truth.
Malcolm X: icon of liberation
On the 100th anniversary of the birth of Malcolm X, his thoughts still light the path to freedom.
Haiti and the global movement for reparations
URGENT SOS FOR HAITI on Tuesday, May 20, 4:30pm, Citibank Building, 88 Kearny St., at Post, SF! Reparations and restitution now! Asylum for Haitian refugees! Stop the flow of US-made weapons!
Black and Brown builders lead transformative affordable housing project in San Francisco’s Mission District
“We are the people we’ve been waiting for,” said Derek Smith of Marinship. “And now, we’re building the city we deserve.”
Women’s Club honors leaders at 44th annual Sojourner Truth Awards
Each award recipient shared personal stories of perseverance, purpose and community, offering powerful reflections on their journeys.