Activism

Former Hunger Strikers to March from SF to Sacramento to Protest Police Violence
The #Frisco5 are back! Well at least some of them are. Members of the #Frisco5 will be marching from San Francisco to Sacramento to protest police violence. If you recall, in April and May of 2016 five people sat in front of the Mission polices station in San Francisco and

1967 was the Summer of Love. Is 2017 the Summer of Hate?
A lot can happen in 50 years. Babies are born. Generations die. People get married, then divorced. Empires fall and revolutions rise — and in the thick fog of San Francisco 50 years feels like 50 million as the flower children of yesterday celebrate the anniversary of the greatest summer of their lives.

An Open Letter To Frank Somerville Inspired by #IWasThereBerkeley
Dear Sir, We are writing you today as participants in the anti-racist actions that took place in San Francisco and Berkeley this past weekend. We are three Bay Area residents who grew up watching you and have admired your work in the past. However, we were profoundly frustrated and disappointed

Actually, This IS the America You’ve Always Lived in
This is par for the course. For Black folks, America has always been a hazardous navigation with racist cops and water-cannons, bigoted institutions and poor legal representation. For most of our history you couldn’t even play on the course if you were “colored” (pretty sure we still have plenty of “country clubs” like that ). Today, the tee is still set about a hundred yards back with more than sandtraps lying in wait.

White Nationalist Rallies Coming to SF and Berkeley
Let me start off by saying that, if it were up to me, there would be zero press about these rallies and zero protesters would show up. That way it would be a sad group of 200 people chanting “Make America Great Again” at each other and then going home

Emergency Protest in San Francisco Against Trump’s Trans Ban
As you probably heard, the Molester in Chief tweeted today that he won’t be allowing transgender people in the military from now on

Are Tasers Non-Lethal Weapons? Hundreds of Deaths Say Otherwise.
This originally appeared in Street Sheet Grassroots movements of people organized under the banner of Black Lives Matter have put law enforcement under a whole new level of scrutiny. The public outcries and unrest of the communities of Ferguson, Baltimore, Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles have unleashed a new

We wanna send you to the Van Jones and Roc Nation We Rise Tour!
Van Jones & Roc Nation are proud to announce a groundbreaking partnership and nationwide event tour: WE RISE TOUR powered by #LoveArmy. WE RISE will bring an array of artists, athletes, thought leaders and local leaders to cities across the country this summer. Van Jones, a renowned activist, CNN commentator