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Sidewalks are still for people, Harvey Milk!
by Carol Harvey Sidewalks are for People Day, May 22, dedicated to Harvey Milk’s birthday, happened in three cities and two states simultaneously. The sit/lie law idea originated in Portland, Ore.,...
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An interview with Kevin Cooper: We may be sending an innocent man to his death
by Natasha Reid Kevin Cooper has been locked down on death row in San Quentin for the past 26 years. He was convicted of the 1983 murder of the Ryen family, although no reliable evidence showed him to...
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The Panther party for Tupac’s birthday
by Minister of Information JR Tupac Shakur, a very talented rapper and actor who defined the aspirations and frustrations of a generation, was shot on Sept. 7, 1996, and died on Sept. 13, 1996, in Las...
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Toward racial peace in all prisons
by Spoon Jackson The call for racial peace came from Pelican Bay SHU – the hole – and I read about it in the San Francisco Bay View, where my poem “Go On” was published. I think that was a brave, human...
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Original Black Panther Elbert ‘Big Man’ Howard broadcasts jazz liberation
by Gabe Meline, KQED Black Panther veteran Elbert “Big Man” Howard hosts Jazz Connections on KRCB-FM in Rohnert Park. – Photo: Gabe Meline Picture the Black Panthers’ relationship to music, and it’s...
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Aretha Franklin, the radical Queen of Soul
by Paradise Aretha Franklin sings … with all her heart and soul. Like Prince, Michael Jackson, Michael Jordon, Tiger Woods, Venus and Serena Williams, Aretha Franklin came from that strong Black father...
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How Stevie Wonder helped create Martin Luther King Day
Addendum: Eye-witness account by the Ratcliffs of the big D.C. rally Stevie Wonder promotes the first official celebration of Martin Luther King Day, on Jan. 20, 1986, a national holiday that he, more...
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