ARTICLES' ARCHIVE

GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM, BRING KEVIN EPPS HOME

Why California’s Clemency Power Exists Photo Credits: Justice 4 Kevin Epps, Malik Washington &https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-endorses-former-british-government-aide-steve-hilton-california-governors-2026-04-06/The Seal of the Governor of the State of California is displayed

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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

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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)

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Malik Washington is an investigative journalist, U.S. Army veteran, and CEO of Destination Freedom Media Group, which he co-founded with Gale Washington. Destination Freedom Media Group, an independent nonprofit newsroom dedicated to accountability reporting at the intersection of civil rights, public integrity, disability justice, structural accountability within American institutions, and community survival.

He previously served as Editor-in-Chief of the San Francisco Bay View National Black Newspaper (2020–2021) and has been a published journalist for over 14 years.

With journalist Maura Corkery, he is co-author of The Unquiet Resignation, an investigative series on the San Francisco Unified School District produced in partnership with The Davis Vanguard.

His “Price of Being Poor” series — also produced in partnership with The Davis Vanguard — is the most sustained recent accounting of privatized public housing in San Francisco  documenting the conditions at Alice Griffith Apartments that culminated in San Francisco’s first-of-its-kind code-enforcement settlement of August 26, 2026.

His work focuses on government power, criminal justice, environmental justice, and the human consequences of policy decisions too often insulated from public scrutiny. Washington’s reporting amplifies the voices of impacted communities while insisting on documentary evidence, transparency, and the unvarnished truth—especially when institutions demand silence.

His work appears on platforms such as Muck Rack, examining the intersection of justice, governance, and community.

You can reach him via email: mwashington2059@gmail.com or call him at (719) 715-9592.

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