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Sustenance
Good ingredients for your 2009 New Year’s resolutions by Ahimsa Porter Sumchai, M.D. At the Mo’ Better Food Market Shopper in West Oakland, shopper Amaranth Modacure greets founder David Roach. This...
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NAACP special investigation reveals broken promises by BP
by Joi Ridley Workers La’Neka Ruffin and Paris Scott sit on fish coolers at their stand at the Westwego seafood market on April 19 in Westwego, Louisiana. Sales have plummeted as consumers worry...
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Wanda Sabir and the Bay View save lives
by S. Muhammad Hyland Bay View arts editor Wanda Sabir I could tell that the guard at my cell door was uptight about something, and when he slid the mail to me, I immediately noticed why: My Bay View...
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What solitary confinement does to the brain
by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway A comprehensive new article by Brandon Keim in Wired Science is titled “The Horrible Psychology of Solitary Confinement.” Keim does an excellent job of summing up the...
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Part 3B: Toxic stachybotrys mold, the silent killer, sickens Treasure Island...
by Carol Harvey Liz Washington on Treasure Island – Photo: Carol Harvey Health problems caused by mold Treasure Island resident Liz Washington and her children exhibit many of the most serious toxic...
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Ongoing isolation in California prisons not governed by settlement, judge rules
Activism needed to remedy solitary conditions in prisons, civil rights attorneys say by the Center for Constitutional Rights Here’s how it all began, how the public first learned of the new California...
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A reflection on pain
Violence against women is endemic in many traditional societies. Bay View Arts and Culture editor and survivor Wanda Sabir writes that her father told her, “A woman’s place is with her husband.” Wanda...
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All SFUSD schools return to in-person learning for Fall
First grader Jordan Graves gets some love from Vincent Matthews, superintendent of the San Francisco Unified School District, at Bret Harte Elementary School in Bayview on April 12, 2021, when SFUSD...
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Liberate the Caged Voices
Cliff Joseph – artist, activist and therapist – and a group of other artists founded the Black Emergency Cultural Coalition, to agitate for the inclusion of African American artists in New York...
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Hurricane Ida: On the 16th anniversary of Katrina, we get hit again
Asante Salaam, visual artist and NOLA native, stands here in mid-city New Orleans with a mighty oak tree uprooted by the powerfully high winds blowing through the region from Hurricane Ida. Due to...
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Kick tobacco for mental health benefits
Carol McGruder by Carol McGruder, African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council It’s that time of the year again. During the holiday season, people will start to make their 2022 resolutions –...
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Sustenance
Good ingredients for your 2009 New Year’s resolutions by Ahimsa Porter Sumchai, M.D. “The way we grow, distribute and prepare food should celebrate our various cultures and our shared humanity,...
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NAACP special investigation reveals broken promises by BP
by Joi Ridley Washington, D.C. – A special investigation, “’My Name is 6508799’: State of the Gulf, One Year After the Oil Drilling Disaster,” released April 20 by the NAACP indicates that thousands of...
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Wanda Sabir and the Bay View save lives
by S. Muhammad Hyland I could tell that the guard at my cell door was uptight about something, and when he slid the mail to me, I immediately noticed why: My Bay View had arrived (April 2013). Maybe he...
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What solitary confinement does to the brain
by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway A comprehensive new article by Brandon Keim in Wired Science is titled “The Horrible Psychology of Solitary Confinement.” Keim does an excellent job of summing up the...
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Part 3B: Toxic stachybotrys mold, the silent killer, sickens Treasure Island...
by Carol Harvey Liz Washington on Treasure Island – Photo: Carol Harvey Health problems caused by mold Treasure Island resident Liz Washington and her children exhibit many of the most serious toxic...
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Ongoing isolation in California prisons not governed by settlement, judge rules
Activism needed to remedy solitary conditions in prisons, civil rights attorneys say by the Center for Constitutional Rights Here’s how it all began, how the public first learned of the new California...
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