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U.S. budget priorities and healthcare
by Barry Hermanson My column last month reported on the vote in the U.S. House of Representatives to support HR 2810, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018. The vote was 344 Yes...
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As San Francisco mayor, London will share power with the poor
by Dr. Amos C. Brown London Breed quickly turned around the attack against her by the Progressive Block to take the lead in the race for mayor of San Francisco. The election is June 5 – time to check...
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Sahleem Tindle’s family demands BART killer cop be charged with murder
by Aaron Levy-Wolins Community members and family of Sahleem Tindle, a 28-year-old father of two, killed by a BART Police officer in January, packed a BART meeting March 12 to demand that justice be...
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The strange silence of Rep. Pelosi and Sen. Feinstein over the $1 billion US...
by Steve Zeltzer, KPFA WorkWeek Radio Tetra Tech whistleblowers and supporters protest the fraudulent cleanup of radiation and other deadly contaminants at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard on June 30,...
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When barbequing while Black becomes a part of the Art of Living Black
by Paradise Free Jah Love Supreme “Oakland barbecue stalwart Everett & Jones was flipping yard-long racks of ribs to give away,” reported the San Francisco Chronicle, when BBQ’n While Black packed...
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Navy does damage control for Pelosi, Feinstein and Lennar as it continues to...
Another $22 million down the rat hole? by Steve Zeltzer, KPFA WorkWeek Radio Former Treasure Island resident Shelby Hall testifies at the June 19 RAB meeting that in 2001 they were told by the City not...
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Noose at SF highrise reaffirms lockout of Blacks from construction
by Dr. Willie and Mary Ratcliff Civil rights attorney John Burris holds a press conference for construction workers Craig Ogans and Douglas Russell to report the nooses, racist graffiti and death...
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‘You wash us away, but we’re still here’: Homeless funding initiative headed...
by Jennifer Friedenbach, Coalition on Homelessness Advocates celebrate the submission of signatures for an initiative that would fund efforts to address homelessness with a tax on large businesses....
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Hunters Point Shipyard: A few caring people are changing the world
by Ahimsa Porter Sumchai, MD “Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have.” – Margaret Mead “We’ve been doing this for 25 years … We’re going to...
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Few prisoners strike at San Quentin
by Kevin D. Sawyer Few prisoners, if any, at San Quentin State Prison participated in what was reported to be the largest prisoner-led strike in United States history. There are many reasons for these...
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1968: The strike at San Francisco State
Interview by Jason Ferreira In 1968, the 2-year-old Black Panther Party had raised Black consciousness and commitment to revolutionary change to a new high, and Blacks led the broad coalition behind...
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Gov. Newsom made a cynical gamble on prisons during the pandemic – and...
Prisoners at San Quentin in general population. – Photo: Tam Duong Jr., The Pioneer, CSUEB The Democratic governor’s unwillingness to release prisoners has allowed a viral conflagration which...
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San Francisco Black Film Festival mourns the loss of Director Kali O’Ray
San Francisco Black Film Festival Directors Katera Crossley and Kali O’Ray pose for a portrait, on June 2, 2015. – Photo: Lea Suzuki Kali O’Ray, son of San Francisco Black Film Festival founder Ave...
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2020 hindsight on dirty deeds done dirt cheap at Hunters Point
At the Hunters Point Shipyard, windowless Building 815 is the former headquarters for the Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory (NRDL). This photo was taken in 2016. Radiation waste from its many...
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Women leaders on Sen. Harris replacement: ‘One is not enough, zero is...
“Keep the Seat”: Black leaders from all over California are turning up the pressure on California Gov. Gavin Newsom to appoint a Black woman to replace outgoing Sen. Kamala Harris in the U.S. Senate....
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George Jackson, 50 years later
This is the front page of The Black Panther newspaper on Aug. 28, 1971, the first issue of the weekly paper published after George Jackson had been murdered at San Quentin a week earlier. George was...
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San Francisco DA Boudin announces groundbreaking civil prosecution against...
San Francisco District Attorney announces a civil suit against ghost gun manufacturers and retailers on Wednesday, Aug. 18. – Photo: Marisa Labos, Twitter by Rachel Marshall San Francisco, Aug. 18,...
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White supremacy in San Francisco
Gloria Berry is a Bayview Hunters Point native and has navigated the political and social fields of the city for decades. Berry, unlike many San Franciscans in politics, understands that false,...
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On the unspeakable history of animal cruelty at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard
Dr. Sumchai’s own beautiful pets Romeo and Mia visit her HP Biomonitoring Medical Screening Clinic circa 2019. Shipyard toxicity is causing widespread cancers in Bayview Hunters Point people and pets....
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Fair Warning: Developers cannot guarantee Treasure Island will be safe
Two people were struck in the face and eyes with an unknown substance when they passed through the spot on Gateview Avenue marked by the red star. – Photo: Carol Harvey by Carol Harvey, Treasure...
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