The San Francisco Black Film Festival is back!
by Minister of Information JR Summertime in the Bay Area is nothing without all of the music, food and film festivals. If you were under a rock in April, you missed the Oakland International Film...
View ArticleCynthia McKinney: The ‘N’ word, from the Champs Elysée to Avenue of the Americas
by Cynthia McKinney June 13, 2012 – The latest Hollywood brouhaha over Gwyneth Paltrow’s decision to tweet the caption “ni**as in Paris for real” to accompany a picture of her with friends Jay-Z and...
View ArticleThe Oakland thespian: an interview wit’ Anita Woodley
by Minister of Information JR Anita Woodley is one of the hidden treasures of Oakland’s drama community. Though she no longer lives in Oakland, Oakland very much lives in her. She has recently jumped...
View ArticleGo Baby Productions comedy shows bring smiles to Bay Area faces: an interview...
by The People’s Minister of Information JR Leroy Stansfield’s Go Baby Productions has been organizing some of the biggest local comedy shows in the Bay Area over the last few years. I met this local...
View ArticleWanda’s Picks for February 2014
by Wanda Sabir I am recovering from a huge blow – my computer was taken along with other personal irreplaceable items in Carpinteria, a bedroom suburb outside Santa Barbara. We stopped by Loon Point to...
View ArticleSitawa: Exiting solitary confinement – and the games CDCr plays
by Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa It is very important that you all clearly understand the depth of human torture to which I was subjected for 30-plus years by CDCr and CCPOA.* The torture was directed at me...
View ArticleOakland All Stars, come home, subscribe to the Bay View!
by Paradise Congratulations to our world champion Golden State Warriors! Oakland and San Francisco are The Town and The City of Champions, winners of an unsurpassed 18 world championships – four by the...
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