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The highs of 2009 and how to know if your teen is doing them
by Apollonia Jordan I surveyed a bunch of high-school-aged teens between 15 and 17 to find out what are the new drugs they’re using to get high. As a teen I struggled with some drug addiction, but many...
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Haiti: NGOs and relief groups call for immediate and widespread distribution...
Aid needs to be centrally coordinated, not hindered, they say by Dan Beeton, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) People can survive several weeks without food but only about three days...
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A rose growing from concrete: an interview wit’ poet Jazz Hudson
by Minister of Information JR Jazz Hudson Jazz is one of the new up and coming poets out of the Bay who has been making a name for herself at poetry readings over the last few years. I like seeing the...
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Stic.man’s ‘The Workout’: Making health political – and fun
by Minister of Information JR The legendary rap group dead prez rocked the Ashkenaz on April 18. Stic of dead prez released his new album, “The Workout,” a few days earlier. – Photo:...
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Buy Black Wednesdays: Money talk
by Paradise Free Jahlove Berkeley, Calif.: The most liberal city in America and the world, some say. And yet Berkeley High School, with over 3,500 students and 250 teachers, has only eight Black...
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Social consciousness, prison struggle and perseverance: a personal account
by Larry ‘Key’ Mitchell It’s been quite some time since I submitted an article to the Bay View paper, and I don’t usually write about personal struggles and experiences in political or socio-economic...
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At Sista’s Place, Troy Williams finds the liberty and justice he was denied...
by Tina Sampay This is a story about music, radio and the connection to the human spirit. The date is Jan. 10, 1992, and Troy Williams and his cellmate at Pelican Bay Prison are using wire obtained by...
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Ebola, the African Union and bioeconomic warfare
Health questions and the challenges for Africa by Horace G. Campbell Introduction As the Ebola outbreak rages and there are projections of more than 1.4 million persons infected in the next few months,...
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Afeni Shakur, 1947-2016
by Mumia Abu-Jamal She was born Alice Faye Williams in the dusty little town of Lumberton, North Carolina, on Jan. 10, 1947, a dimpled little Black girl, who grew into a petite young revolutionary...
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DLabrie: The future of the Bay
by The People’s Minister of Information JR When you talk about grinding and hustling for your dream, Oakland’s DLabrie has rocked mics from New York to Seoul and collaborated with some of the most...
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Community gathering and conversation on how to stop the violence in the Black...
Community activist and organizer Phelicia Jones brought everyone together for this event, and as she displays the clenched fist of solidarity, she proclaims to the world that she is unapologetically...
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Pattern of practice – brutality, schemes and crimes against humanity since 1619
by Mutope Duguma 1619 began the forced exportation of Afrikans to what is now called the United States. Between 1619 and 1776, this severe form of chattel slavery flourished within the 13 British...
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