Teddy Gant Jr and his wife, Vanessa By Cattrell When I was a kid, I didn't have a lot of time with my family and I always loved helping others, so this story really touched me. This is the story of Teddy Gant Jr, a male birth doula from Houston, Texas. When Teddy was 12, he learned from his mom that he almost died when she was giving birth. Because of this, he cared a lot about becoming a doula and a person that takes care of kids. From that young age onwards, he held a visio

Por Maria/By Maria (English below) SEPTIEMBRE 21 DE 2026 Yo Maria Cordero como migrante relato estas vivencias al cruzar de mi tierra natal hacia el hermoso sueño americano con mucha valentía. Llevas muchas experiencias trágicas y muy malas y enfermas yo platico esto por tener la suerte de comentarlo. En una de las caminatas siempre cuidándonos de la migración en ese paso es como una gran experiencia aterradora como ver a personas fallecidas y a familiares que por venir

By Rebecca Dawn Wu If an SRO like the four that are being sold by the Tenderloin TNDC are run by a non-profit and decommissioned, then they must provide future placement of its tenants and absorb the costs. But in that narrow window where the new owner has the time to decide if it will continue to have the property run by a non-profit, or be converting it to for profit, and the city declares it will be decommissioned as an SRO, then the new owner has options they would not o

Press Contacts: Tiny Gray-Garcia (510) 435-7500 Adrian Diamond, Green Diamond Projects (661) 210-5764 Sabrina (704) 804-0908 Unhoused, formerly Houseless disabled youth, families, and elders from California have created a movie about their lives and their ancestors lost to the ongoing violence of homelessness, evictions, gentrification, poLice terror, and sweeps across the US. The Southern UnTour honors houseless ancestors from Atlanta, North & South Carolina and beyond. Mo

Por Maria (English below) Fecha a 14 de septiembre de 2026 Tema sobre los vendedores y comerciantes Para todo tipo de gente ambulante que requiere un permiso pero muchas de las veces, por no tener lo monetario ni documentos. Es más difícil y muchas de las veces por temor. En situaciones de calle toman los riesgos de pasar desapercibido y por esa razón no tienen otra pauta más que seguir adelante. Con o sin tienen que pagar muchas cosas como renta y gastos exagerados, sin esc

TRABAJADORES EN LA VENDIMIA AMBULANTE Por Gloria (English version below) Soy una persona que vive en esta comunidad que sido vendedora en la calle me impacta en corazón saber que igual que a mi nos siguen maltratando a los trabajadores del comercio ambulante porque aunque nos traten como delincuentes, ante todo somos trabajadores que queremos llevar economía a nuestros hogares y resolver los gastos que se generan allí. La falta de empleos nos orilla a trabajar en diversas for

This clip of Poor Peoples Radio podcast features a conversation Former Councilmember Cheryl Davila on a sweep in in occupied Huichin (Berkeley), at Eighth and Harrison, and draws connections between the settler colonial violence on Turtle Island and Palestine. To see the whole episode go to PoorNewsNetwork channel on Youtube Poor Peoples Radio podcast is a media access project of Poor Magazine broadcast on PNN-KEXU 96.1fm - “the crossroads” - dedicated to providing media acc

Illustration by Alghozy on Unsplash By Cattrell I, Cattrell, was a vendor and sold barbecue chicken and ribs and dessert. Days were peaceful and good. Then in Oakland 2018, I was shut down by the police, just like my fellow food vendors who were just trying to survive. I had the proper vendor paperwork, so I think the police shut me down because of my color and because they hated me for no reason. Vendors around the world, all different colors, are being treated like trash

Momii Palapaz, PNN May Day in Cuba 2016 “It is easier to change laws than to change minds. We consider Cuba as a Black country. You may have blond hair and blue eyes but genes tell another story”, said Second Secretary Gabriela Castillo from the Cuban embassy. The sister city of Oakland is Santiago. With the City of Oakland cultural and arts commission, Black artists and writers visit and work directly with the Cuban people. The fumes of diesel were suffocating. It was