

While Mamdani reinstates sweeps, a new movie about sweeps and homelessness screens in New York
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 Movie Trailer HERE NEW YORK/NJ SCREENING DATES May 7: New York, NY Maysles Documentary Center (6:30pm) 343 Malcolm X Blvd, New York, NY 10027 May 8: (2 event day!) Poughkeepsie, NY & Red Bank, NJ 1) Vassar College (11am) 124 Raymond Ave,
POORMAG
3 days ago


Press Release: Homeless people create a movie about homelessness and bring it to East Coast Turtle Island
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Press Contacts: Tiny Gray-Garcia (510) 435-7500 Adrian Diamond, Green Diamond Projects (661) 210-5764 Adrian@GreenDiamondProjects.com Sabrina (704) 804-0908 Homeless people create a movie about homelessness and bring it to East Coast Turtle Island 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, gentrificat
POORMAG
Apr 23


Stealing our last acre and one remaining mule: Black, Brown and no income San Francisco residents resist Housing Authority’s displacement, demolition and privatization of public housing
On Tuesday, April 20, POOR Magazine held a “Stealing Our Last Acre and One Remaining Mule” speak out on City Hall steps, launching a tenants union to organize people in public housing – from folks in Fillmore Mercy Housing to those in Sunnydale, Double Rock and all over San Francisco – to fight to stay in their homes and resist privatization of a human right! Originally published in the San Francisco Bay View National Black Newspaper . by Tiny Gray-Garcia Since 2013, in back
Tiny Gray
Apr 20


Crushing Wheelchairs Review
Por/By: María Para mí —María— mi perspectiva me permitió comprender y reflexionar sobre tantas cosas que son innegablemente reales. Todo lo retratado en la película reflejaba temas y acontecimientos que he vivido en la vida real. Muestra el tormento de la preocupación por dónde vivir, y cómo la situación se vuelve cada vez más difícil —particularmente en lo que respecta a la migración, la lucha por educar a nuestros hijos y el esfuerzo por brindarles tanto estabilidad académi
Maria
Apr 20


Murdered by the system LUIS CONGORA PAT
By Momii Palaz Shouting, “ I’m an immigrant, a fucking working class woman. We need to unite brothers and sisters for the life of our children. Keep on fighting. LUIS CONGORA PAT, PRESENTE, LUIS GONGORA PAT, PRESENTE”, said Frisco 5 warrior Maria Christina, who spoke at the 10 year anniversary of Luis Demetrio Congora Pat ’s death. On April 7, 2016, Luis Demetrio Congora Pat was gunned down 58 times by SF policeman Mike Malone. Luis was unhoused on Shotwell Street in the Mis
Momii Palapaz
Apr 15


Insulted through political propaganda
By Queennandi X, QCH PNN With the exception of candidate Saikat Chakrabarti, we are used to seeing political candidates advertise commercials that lacks diversity and flaunt those with race and class privilege who boasts of their false sense of superiority through low-key innuendos. The commercial pertaining to the Western Addition aka Fill-No Moe that focused more on the clean up of “zombie park”, a name coined by a nearby resident had lacked the presence of African descende
Queennandi
Apr 13


We Have to Leave Today
Photo of cops guarding the 71st Ave safe parking lot. The planned closure of three so-called Solutions to homelessness in one week. “They said we have to leave … today … I've been here for four years and I’ve never received help or resources or even a referral of someone to talk to about housing” said Dennis houseless resident of 3rd and Peralta tiny home community. From the beginning of RoofLESS radio reporter Dennis’ placement into the Housing Consortium of the East Bay
Tiny Gray
Apr 6


SSI Blacklist
When it comes down to the “SSI shuffle," many people with disabilities have been caught up in the deck of cards. According to the analysis completed by the Center on Budget and Policy in 2025, 57,600 disabled California residents, 35,900 New York residents, 30,800 Florida residents and 23,600 Texans lost their disability benefits or had their income severely reduced by the SSI administration. There were many cases where benefits were lost due to the errors on the SSI administ
Queennandi
Mar 31


Da Industry Koon Shuffle
The entertainment/music industry has indeed earned the name “hollyweird” with the upgrading of twisted innuendos that desecrate cultural traditions and set trends that cause confusion. Some Hip hop artists today are content with the demonization of their talents and the compromised images required in order to remain a “chart topper” generating billions for an agenda that contributes to cultural destruction. The “hot ticket item” so to speak is intertwining of gangsta rappers
Queennandi
Mar 31


Being Here Can Be So Hard
Photo by Gautam N on Unsplash | Alt Text: A picture of a green hillside with several scattered buildings. Aware, awake, I am. Being here can be so hard. People in pain, people dying, people losing their hearts, their minds, all around. I want to be strong. I want to help. I am here, too. Some days feel like walking death even though I have been freed from substances that harmed me. When will the hatred end? What must we do? Where does real help come from? The institutions
Harriet Saslow
Mar 30




