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Russell Maroon Shoatz: Rage, humiliation, testosterone, youth and the...
by Russell Maroon Shoats/z Steve Bloom, a comrade and veteran activist, asked me several questions regarding my contribution to “Look for Me in the Whirlwind.” The questions delve into aspects of our...
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Maxine Waters warns ‘alt-right haters’: ‘If you come for me, I’m coming for you’
She’s reclaiming her time and telling it like it is. by Lilly Workneh Rep. Maxine Waters delivered a mic-dropping speech at the Black Girls Rock! award show, taped Aug. 5 and broadcast Aug. 22,...
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Lucy Siale: Saying ‘Black Lives Matter’ isn’t enough; we have to act like it
by Lucy Siale On Friday, June 16, as soon as she heard that the cop who murdered Philando Castile was acquitted, 16-year-old Lucy Siale posted on Facebook a call for a Black Lives Matter protest the...
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In the Bayview Imani Breast Cancer Support Group, women heal, feel safe and...
by Judy Goddess The incidence of breast cancer among African-American women, which has typically been lower than among white women, increased 0.4 percent in the past 10 years, according to a 2015...
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On loving us exactly as is
by Jacqueline Bediako This photo of Solange with some of her hair erased ran on the front page of a U.K. magazine. Of course it would be a U.K. magazine that erased some of Solange’s hair when she was...
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Give Black women credit for #MeToo and the defeat of Roy Moore in Alabama
by Oscar H. Blayton One of my favorite uncles, Uncle Buck, served in World War II with the Red Ball Express. The “Red Ball” was a heroic transportation unit that was Gen. George Patton’s lifeline for...
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London Breed is free to be our mayor
Editorial by Dr. Willie and Mary Ratcliff The Chronicle caught the irony. “It seemed like a bizarre move for San Francisco’s progressive supervisors to remove a self-made African American woman from...
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Wanda’s Picks for February 2018
by Wanda Sabir Join the community in honoring the Mother of Bayview Hunters Point, Dr. Espanola Jackson, on her day, Jan. 9, and vow to carry on her legacy of fighting for fairness. Black Women Rising...
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Arrest the president! Sue the government! Our Nia, our purpose will never die!
by Paradise Let me be the first to say it: Nia Wilson would be alive today if somebody else had been elected president in 2016! Nia Wilson The man arrested for Nia’s murder was not alone. He had an...
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The Chisholm legacy inspires Rep. Barbara Lee’s candidacy for Democratic...
by Yolanda Caraway, Leah Daughtry and Minyon Moore, co-authors of ‘For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics’ On Jan. 25, 1972, Shirley Chisholm announces her candidacy for president, becoming the...
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Wanda’s Picks for January 2019
by Wanda Sabir “How’m I doing,” asks the captain of the spaceship, Wanda’s grandson, on Kuumba (Creativity) or New Year’s Eve at Chabot Planetarium for the Countdown. She explains: “Chabot hosts a...
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Black women political prisoners of the police state
by Linda G. Ford The Rev. Joy Powell says she was “raped, railroaded and bamboozled” by police. Her crime? Being a poor Black woman who faced off against the police – protesting their violent...
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New report states only 7 percent of people with incarcerated loved ones say...
Lives on the Line report highlights impact of pandemic on incarcerated people and women with incarcerated loved ones Los Angeles, Calif. – Incarcerated people are vulnerable to severe illness due to...
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California Sen. Kamala Harris named 49th vice president of the United States
Kamala Harris announces her presidential candidacy at Oscar Grant (Frank Ogawa) Plaza in front of Oakland City Hall on Jan. 21, 2019. – Photo: Johnnie Burrell, International Media TV by Antonio Ray...
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The belly of the beast is orange
Mary J. Blige said that when she heard Kelli’s story of forced sterilization, “I immediately knew I wanted to be involved … No one has the right to make decisions about a woman’s body without her...
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The isms: All my life I had to fight
In this stunning piece of art by Angele Etoundi Essamba, we are pulled into the dichotomies and dialectics of classism, racism, sexism. We stand at a moment of reckoning in this country compelling us...
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Wanda’s Picks April 2021
Alabama artist Michelle Browder, pictured, is in town working at San Francisco’s Box Shop in Hunters Point to build a 15-foot public monument, “Mothers of Gynecology.” The sculpture will honor...
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To City College Trustee Tom Temprano and the Board of Trustees
CCSF students and the community were peacefully protesting to protect their education and faculty when they were surrounded by police at Tom Temprano’s house. Despite the clear effort to intimidate...
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Beacons of hope: Humboldt State’s Project Rebound builds a prison-to-college...
Eric Clark, left, shares a laugh with fellow Project Rebound student Mark Taylor, far right, and program coordinator Tony Wallin. – Photo: Dave Woody by Kimberly Wear (This story is reprinted by...
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In the Spirit of Mandela Tribunal is a stepping stone toward New Afrikan...
“It is our hope, and we fervently believe that it was the hope and aspiration of every black American whose voice was silenced forever through premature death at the hands of racist-minded hooligans...
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