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Artificial intelligence isn’t just changing how we work—it is reshaping how we’re watched. In this analysis, Leah Harmony examines the rise of the modern surveillance state, from AI-powered school buses and predictive policing to data architecture and “smart city” technology. As governments and tech companies build increasingly interconnected systems, she asks a fundamental question: Who controls the tools that increasingly control us—and what happens to freedom when every movement becomes data?

by Tabari Morris Proposed city policy would gut privacy protections and open the door to federal data sharing San Francisco’s controversial citywide employee drone policy is...

As Cuba faces an eighth month of a U.S.-imposed oil blockade on top of a 67-year economic embargo, Second Secretary of the Cuban Embassy Gabriela Castillo speaks with SF Bay View Editor-in-Chief JR Valrey about the humanitarian impact, Cuba’s sweeping new economic reforms, U.S.-Cuba relations, and why Havana says diplomacy—not sanctions—is the only path toward peace and stability.

Kotelemela Bolingo brings together revolutionary artists from around the world to honor Assata Shakur and Pauline Lumumba while amplifying struggles from Cuba to the Congo. In this exclusive interview, Obi Egbuna Jr. explains why music is cultural warfare—and why artists still have a critical role to play in movements for liberation.

Before his passing on June 18, 2026, Sol Charge sat down with Ref Jamal to reflect on the journey that shaped his life—from a strict Christian upbringing and a lifelong search for spiritual truth to creating a healing practice centered on music, movement, nature, and human connection. In this posthumous interview, Sol shares, in his own words, the philosophy that guided his work and the legacy of healing he leaves behind.

I am pleading a California Racial Justice Act violation against court-appointed counsel Beth Lee, who accused me of committing the crimes I was being prosecuted for. As I made the attempt to set the record straight and assert my innocence, she interrupted me and blurted out, "Stupid Black son-of-a-bitch prick motherfucker!" 

From Haiti to Cuba, U.S. intervention is reshaping the Caribbean. As Haiti descends further into crisis, activists argue the struggle for sovereignty and self-determination has never been more urgent.

Venues and Schedule  Sat., July 4th  (Hybrid: In-person and Virtual) 9:00-11:00 AM EDT – Interfaith Event, Atlanta Mennonite Church, 1088 Bouldercrest Drive SE, Atlanta, GA 12 noon...

For 50 years, the San Francisco Bay View has stood as a voice for Black liberation, telling the stories too often ignored or silenced. Through financial hardship, political pressure, and decades of frontline reporting on police violence, political prisoners, and struggles for justice, the paper has never stopped publishing. Now, as it enters its next chapter, the Bay View is asking the community to help ensure that independent Black journalism not only survives, but grows. Through the 50 x 50 Campaign, every contribution helps strengthen a platform dedicated to informing, organizing, and amplifying the voices of Black communities for generations to come.

This open letter to Karmelo Anthony, reflects on race, justice and the unequal ways Americans experience the legal system. Part personal message and part social commentary, the piece examines the public reaction to Anthony’s case while questioning who receives empathy, who receives grace, and how those differences continue to shape outcomes in America.

Look beyond the political theater surrounding redistricting and voting rights and ask a more uncomfortable question: What tangible gains have Black Americans received from decades of electoral representation? At its core, the piece is a call to distinguish between political rhetoric and measurable outcomes, and to build power that extends beyond election season.

“Burlesque is the art of seduction, storytelling, confidence and performance. True burlesque is theater. It’s dance. It’s glamour. It’s comedy, sensuality, character work, music, fashion, and personal expression all living in the same space." - Jujuana Williams

Every summer, thousands gather to celebrate culture, community and resistance through music, dance, food and pageantry at Oakland Carnaval. More than a festival, organizers say Carnaval is a living expression of African cultural survival across the Americas, tracing its roots from ancient Africa to the Caribbean, Brazil and beyond. In this conversation, longtime Carnaval leader Theo Aytchan Williams reflects on the history of the celebration, Oakland’s unique contribution to the tradition, and why creating spaces for Black joy, wellness and cultural pride remains a revolutionary act in the Town.

Cuba has always defended the need for international relations based on sovereign equality, dialogue and cooperation, rather than hegemonic doctrines or threats of force. The peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean have the right to freely determine their own destiny, without external interference.

The Oakland Police Department has been receiving federal oversight since the conclusion of the Oakland Riders trial in 2003 because of its accountability issues and the fact that it has been run like a mafia that is above the law.

For more than 60 years, the U.S. government has economically targeted Cuba while mainstream corporate media often repeats official narratives without fully examining the human cost of sanctions and blockades on everyday Cuban people. In this conversation, Havana-based journalist Liz Oliva Fernández offers a perspective rarely heard in U.S. media — one rooted not in politics from afar, but in the lived reality of surviving, reporting and resisting from inside Cuba itself.

The white record execs are so “helpful” to Mike in the movie, we do not get to see that Mike was a shrewd businessman. The movie has no soul or Blackness in it, when at one time MJ was the epitome of Black music and dance.

We pray that Kevin be allowed to raise his children and do his vital work in the community pending appeal.  Kevin has been a model citizen during the 9-plus-year ordeal since the shooting and has proven he is neither a flight risk nor a threat to public safety.  I pray for grace and mercy for all of us. 

The media, the institution designed to hold our systems accountable, failed one of its own. Not by covering the verdict incorrectly, but by treating presence as optional when presence is everything.

The question we should be asking ourselves is not whether socialism has failed, but rather: What country in the world, regardless of its political system, would survive a siege of this magnitude for seven decades?