JUSTICE BURIED BENEATH THE RADIATION: HOW A 1957 NUCLEAR SHIELD LAW JUST TOLD BLACK SAN FRANCISCO THAT FRAUD DOESN’T COUNT
Special Report — August 10, 2026 There are rulings that surprise a city, and there are rulings that confirm what a community has been telling America for eighty years: that Black life in Bayview–Hunters Point is negotiable, and that when the paperwork gets uncomfortable, the law will find a way to look the other way. […]
“A LIFETIME OF SERVICE”: DISTRICT 10 SUPERVISOR CANDIDATE JAMO MUHAMMAD SHARES HIS VISION FOR BAYVIEW–HUNTERS POINT AND BEYOND
Editor’s Note: As the San Francisco’s District 10 Supervisor race continues to take shape, voters are hearing a wide range of ideas about housing, public safety, economic opportunity, environmental justice, and the future of Bayview–Hunters Point and neighboring communities. Few candidates, however, point to as many years of grassroots organizing as Jamo Muhammad. Known in […]
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 a decades-long struggle for accountability. In the City of San Francisco, we are relying on strong,intelligent, and capable Black women to protect usfrom a government that does not have our […]
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 whether San Francisco will defend Black-specific repair—or retreat into safe symbolism while Bayview-Hunters Point and the Fillmore continue to carry the weight of documented municipal harm. Photo credits:https://www.kqed.org/news/11948198/examining-reparations-and-the-historical-harms-of-slavery-and-racism-in-california (top left) […]
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) There are discoveries that surprise a city, and there are discoveries that confirm what a community has been saying for decades. The recent finding of additional radiological material at the […]
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 they leave this earth.They remain in the struggle, in the daughters they raised, in the people they taught to fight and in every room where somebody still has the courage […]
THE PRICE OF BEING POOR – PART 8
“The Moment the Room Saw It: Evidence, Exposure, and the Question the City Can No Longer Avoid” The room changed the moment the video was shown. It wasn’t loud. There was no chaos. No one needed to shout. Because once it appeared—once the image settled into view—there was no longer anything to debate. A rat.Inside […]
THE PRICE OF BEING POOR – PART 7
“Built on Promises, Standing on Questions: What Is Really Happening Inside Alice Griffith Apartments?”A MALIK WASHINGTON INVESTIGATION Photo Credits:Bottom: https://www.kqed.org/news/38840/feds-award-30m-to-remake-sf-housing-projectTop: https://tyrafennell.wordpress.com/tag/double-rock/Background: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8Kg077PO80 background The land was studied. The risks were known. The mitigation was required. So why are residents now asking whether the system designed to protect them is failing in real time? THE BODIES […]
“WHAT IS ‘GREEN’ ABOUT HUNTERS POINT?”
CalEnviroScreen 5.0, Redevelopment Pressure, and the Fight Over Who Gets Counted San Francisco documented environmental racism. The State built tools to measure it. Now, as redevelopment accelerates in Hunters Point, a new map raises a deeper question: what happens when the data no longer reflects the lived reality? I want to be clear here. I […]
THE PRICE OF BEING POOR — PART 3: Silence Is a Choice
The Case Against City Attorney David Chiu and Mayor Daniel Lurie A Special Investigation by Journalist Malik WashingtonDestination Freedom Media Group & The Davis Vanguard SAN FRANCISCO — Let me be direct. This is not a matter of policy disagreement. This is a matter of enforceable law, documented violations, and the deliberate non-use of government […]