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CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH
Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day Union Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced General Order No. 3, informing enslaved African
LOCKED DOORS, OPEN QUESTIONS: CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS, RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS, AND THE CRISIS OF TRUST AT HUNTERS POINT
As new discoveries emerge inside a secured Navy building, Bayview-Hunters Point residents are asking whether the latest revelations represent an isolated incident—or another chapter in
THE MOST COMMON PIECE OF TRASH IN SAN FRANCISCO MAY ALSO BE THE MOST IGNORED
As advocates push to ban plastic cigarette filters, supporters say the fight is about cleaner streets, environmental justice, and stopping pollution before it starts. Vince
STRUCK BLACK, TRIED WHITE: WHY KARMELO ANTHONY’S JURY FIGHT SHOULD ALARM EVERY AMERICAN
The question is not whether the jury was all white. The question is whether Black jurors were excluded for reasons that others survived—and whether the
REPARATIONS ON TRIAL: PART 3
The People Begin to Awaken A courtroom setback for reparations opponents has not ended the fight. It has clarified it: the real battle now is
WHAT THE LATEST RADIOACTIVE FINDING AT HUNTERS POINT NAVAL SHIPYARD REALLY MEANS
A New Discovery, an Old Wound, and the Mounting Implications for Health, Redevelopment, Trust, and Environmental Justice in Bayview–Hunters Point Photo credits:https://www.sfheritage.org/research/hunterspoint/ (1945)https://www.sf.gov/hpns-cleanup-status (2025)https://www.kqed.org/science/1999631/navy-apologizes-for-11-month-delay-in-reporting-radioactive-material-at-hunters-point (2022)
THE FIRE THAT BINDS US: ELLA HILL HUTCH AND THE WORK OF STAYING TOGETHER
“The questions raised deserve transparency. The children and families served by Ella Hill Hutch deserve continuity. And the Black community deserves a process that does
PUBLIC MONEY, PRIVATE EXCLUSION: ELDER KEVIN WILLIAMS SAYS SAN FRANCISCO’S BLACK CONTRACTORS ARE STILL LOCKED OUT WHILE BILLIONS FLOW THROUGH BAYVIEW
New documentation alleges SFPUC and City contracting systems turned civil rights promises into paperwork while Bayview workers received only pennies on the dollar Below are
AFTER MOTHER’S DAY, THE MOTHERS STILL MARCH:
Honoring Sharen Hewitt and Marie Harrison Through the Living Work of Dede Hewitt and Arieann Harrison In San Francisco, Black mothers do not die when