Tech jobs for Blacks? Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rainbow PUSH convene tech companies...
by Kia Croom Intel hosted Rev. Jesse Jackson and the Rainbow PUSH Coalition’s “Next Steps for Technology Forum” Wednesday, Dec. 10, at the Intel Campus in Santa Clara. The forum, which was sponsored by...
View ArticleHundreds of South Carolina prisoners sent to solitary confinement over Facebook
See update below by Dave Maass In the South Carolina prison system, accessing Facebook is an offense on par with murder, rape, rioting, escape and hostage-taking. According to the Associated Press,...
View ArticleRhetoric vs. reality: SFPD’s investment in police brutality
by Jeremy Miller The day was balmy but chilled, slightly windy but still. The street was bustling but with people that were displaced, tourists perhaps or residents bewildered. We were all pulled in...
View Article3 days away: Eviction fighter Iris Canada marches toward her 100th birthday
by Tony Robles Iris Canada turns 100 in three days. Iris Canada, eviction fighter who has lived in San Francisco’s Black community on Page Street since the ‘40s. Iris, with history in her skin and...
View ArticleFBI gives green light to crack down on Black Lives Matter protesters – BLM...
Following this story is a Black Lives Matter statement on the murder of police and escalating protests to end state-sponsored violence against Black people by Mara Verheyden-Hilliard The violent events...
View ArticleWhy we’re about the see the largest prison strike in history
by Jeremy Galloway, The Influence On Sept. 9, a series of coordinated work stoppages and hunger strikes will take place at prisons across the country. Organized by a coalition of prisoner rights, labor...
View ArticleFrom media cutoffs to lockdown, tracing the fallout from the U.S. prison strike
by Kamala Kelkar Prisoners in a walkway at the Walls Unit in Huntsville, Texas, are being processed for release at the completion of their sentences. – Photo: Andrew Lichtenstein, Corbis Dec. 18, 2016...
View ArticleCongolese youth look to chart a new path in the heart of Africa
by Kambale Musavuli One year ago. on Dec. 15, 2015, in the capital city of Kinshasa, President Joseph Kabila’s security forces kidnapped youth activist Jean-Marie Kalonji, coordinator of Quatrième Voie...
View ArticleNet neutrality: Protecting your right to free speech in the 21st century
by Linda Kennedy Along with the phrases “alternate truth” and “fake news,” another phrase, even more ominous, is being bandied about, “net neutrality.” Net neutrality means internet freedom. It means...
View ArticleWhich side are you on, Mayor Breed?
by the Bay Area Poor People’s Campaign The number of unhoused people dying on the street in San Francisco is triple the number who died last year at this time. During this pandemic Mayor Breed...
View ArticleProfessional athletes are showing America just how powerful labor really is
Citi Field was as devoid of real people as the stands on Aug. 27 after the New York Mets and Miami Marlins walked off prior to the start of the game. by Dave Zirin The wave of strikes by athletes...
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