The Hater Party
by Tiny, poverty scholar, daughter of Dee and POOR Magazine co-editor “Unemployed workers are lazy welfare queens,” said Sharon Angle, losing candidate for Senate in Nevada under the Tea Party, in one...
View ArticleStrauss-Kahn, Casey Anthony and the whitewashing of American justice
by Behrouz Saba Wealth and power win every time over poverty and vulnerability. Just look no further than the “sudden turn of events” in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case. The world is shocked – shocked...
View ArticleSaving City College of San Francisco: Faculty initiate campus and community...
by Luma Nichol City College of San Francisco, one of the nation’s most successful community colleges, is fighting for survival. A lifeline to immigrants, students of color and the poor, the school has...
View ArticleBigoted bullying at Richmond City Council meetings aims to end progressive...
by Richmond Vice Mayor Jovanka Beckles After the Richmond City Council meeting of July 1, I experienced one of the most intense and hostile encounters I have had to endure as a public official and in...
View ArticleTrump and the politics of resentment
by Mumia Abu-Jamal When New York billionaire and GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump launched into his anti-immigrant tirade against Mexicans crossing the border, he was using a long known...
View ArticleThe man beaten and choked at a Donald Trump rally tells his story
by Alice Ollstein When activist Mercutio Southall Jr. was curled up on the ground getting kicked, punched and choked by Donald Trump supporters at a campaign rally in Birmingham, Alabama, he thought:...
View ArticleCity College faculty strike for justice – to stop class reductions and pay cuts
by Carl Finamore After one frustrating year of union bargaining, AFT 2121 faculty at City College of San Francisco conducted a one-day unfair labor practice strike “of all classes at all 11 campuses”...
View ArticleTen ways to fight Trump
This will be the seed-bed for a progressive populist uprising, if we organize, coalesce and make it so by Christopher D. Cook “We matter” is the message from the 99 percent who are not the intended...
View ArticleWanda’s Picks for December 2016
by Wanda Sabir Oh Cuba Los derechos se toman, no se piden; se arrancan, no se mendigan. (Rights are taken, not asked for. They are grabbed, not begged for.) – José Martí to Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz...
View ArticleWhy I had mixed emotions about the Women’s March
Black women are entitled to our anger and frustration by Zeba Blay Millions turned out on Saturday for the Women’s March on Washington and its sister marches around the world. I wasn’t one of them. The...
View ArticleBlack newspapers, now more than ever, must boldly tell the truth
by Oscar H. Blayton Malcolm X holds up a newspaper, saying, ‘If you’re not ready to die for it, take the word freedom out of your vocabulary.’ – Photo: Gordon Parks In 1960, Blacks in Virginia watched...
View ArticleA very exciting Oakland International Film Festival spotlights Roots’ 40th...
by Wanda Sabir The Oakland International Film Festival is an opportunity for Oakland to shine – its artists the polish and vehicle. From its inception 15 years ago, when the City of Oakland was one of...
View ArticleDefending sanctuary and fighting for abolition: It’s our time to be bold
by Critical Resistance We find ourselves in a moment with a great deal at stake. Our communities are fighting to define and create sanctuary spaces, while enduring a dangerous presidential...
View ArticleLongshore workers: Shut down the fascists!
Racists want Charlottesville terror here – It’s up to us to stop it! Assemble on Scott Street in Marina Green on Saturday, Aug. 26, 10 a.m. by Anthony Leviege and Jack Heyman We longshore workers...
View ArticleActing Mayor London Breed honors Dr. King and reports progress in supporting...
Dr. King comes to California: At a press conference in Los Angeles City Hall on Aug. 19, 1965, only three days after the Watts Rebellion, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called for the resignation of LAPD...
View ArticleJovanka will bring people power from Richmond to the California Assembly
by June Goodwin and Ben Schiff State Assembly District 15 candidate and Richmond City Councilperson Jovanka Beckles brings the noise at the March for Our Lives in Richmond, one of 800 youth-led marches...
View ArticleGive Dr. King the birthday present he wants: VOTE in Cali’s March 3 primary
Martin Luther King Jr. – Photo: Martin Mill by DJ Sister Yasmin, Voting Rights for All! “A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social...
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