“Everyone is Angry” on RyuKyu Islands; Naha, Okinawa and JapanMARINE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANNA YAGI’S DEATH
Momii Palapaz “I just can’t accept this anymore. As a woman, I absolutely cannot tolerate it. How many more women in Okinawa (RYUKYU ISLAND) have to suffer like this? We’re all angry. Everyone is angry. I have a daughter too and it's terrifying” said an elder on the streets of Naha, the capital. 39 year old Anna Yagi was robbed and strangled to death by Lance Corporal Devin Jacob Ballard, a Marine stationed at Okinawa military base October 3rd, 2026. The latest murder
Momii Palapaz
2 days ago
Street Newsroom Yelamu: Día de los Muertos
RoRoRo I would like to write about my abuelita. I met her a handful of times. What I remember the most was when I would go to Mexico. She had a lemon tree, and she would make me fresh lemonade. She was very important to my mom. To this day, she still wears black in remembering her. I believe I was her favorite grandson. I still walk with her. Much love & respect, RoRoRo Susan Daws Anderson I walk through, with my grandmas spirit. My ancestors were all very amazing past life
POORMAG
3 days ago
The Revolt of the Cockroach People/La rebelión de las cucarachas
Por/By Juan Francisco Esteva Martinez ENGLISH BELOW El movimiento de las cucarachas en la India surgió en mayo de 2026, después de que unas declaraciones del presidente de la Corte Suprema, que utilizó ese término despectivo, provocaran una reacción entre los jóvenes. En lugar de aceptar el insulto como una condena, lo transformaron en una identidad colectiva y una herramienta de movilización. Sus protestas contra las filtraciones de exámenes y por la rendición de cuentas en
Juan Francisco Esteva Martinez
4 days ago
The Financially Insecure Class: Why I Support Proposition 40
By/Por Juan Francisco Esteva Martinez ESPAÑOL DEBAJO Recently, I became very ill while visiting my family in San Francisco and needed to go to the emergency room for inflammation throughout my body. When I was employed and had health insurance, the decision was straightforward: get treatment now and pay the copayment later. Now, as a retiree without employer-sponsored coverage or eligibility for Medi-Cal, that decision is much harder. Like many people struggling financially,
Juan Francisco Esteva Martinez
4 days ago
Join the Neighborhood Housing Tour on Saturday 11/14 - visiting different housing models in so-called Oakland, including HOMEfulness
"Join the Oakland United Coalition in East Oakland on Saturday, November 14th for a Neighborhood Housing Tour to learn about the types of transformative housing models that could benefit folks in the Town! At each stop we will learn how affordable, communal, and green social housing models can create sustainable living for all. We will share community resources as well as ways to advocate for housing with dignity at the Coliseum site and in our communities. The Oakland United
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Oct 29
ComeUnity Demands: ICE Out of Eastmont Mall!
ICE has been using Eastmont Mall in East Oakland for it's operations and on 10/25 community came together to demand their removal. @StreetLevelHealthProject said it best on Instagram, "Powerfull ComeUnity showing up to east Huchiun to clarify whose streets these are !!!" Eastmont Mall houses the Eastmont Wellness Center where poor, immigrant, and refugee relatives go to get care. Legal observers have documented ICE using parking lot C in the mall as staging grounds on several
POORMAG
Oct 29
From San Francisco to East Oakland: Building Black Disabled Institutions Beyond the University
Illustration by Annie Spratt on Unsplash In 1991, I arrived in the San Francisco Bay Area and began a journey that would take me from San Francisco’s disability and community organizing movements, through Berkeley’s cultural and political struggles, into UCLA, and ultimately back to East Oakland. That journey has taught me a central lesson: Black disabled people cannot depend on institutions that marginalize our bodies, dismiss our knowledge, and displace our communities to c
Leroy F. Moore
Oct 29
Day of the Dead Ceremonies Honoring our Ancestors of Homelessness from Oakland to San Francisco
Unhoused, formerly Houseless disabled youth, families, and elders from HOMEfulness, POOR Magazine and Wood Street Commons honor ancestors of homelessness at Day of the Dead ceremonies on both sides of the Bay Dia de los muertos/Day of the Dead ceremonies for ancestors 4pm Today, Thursday, Oct 29th at HOMEfulness Huchiun (OAK) 8032 MacArthur Bl Oakland, Ca 94605 11am Tomorrow, Friday, Oct 30th at HOMEfulness Yelamu (SF) - 3390 Cesar Chavez St San Francisco Both Ceremonies w
POORMAG
Oct 29
Press Release: In Honor of Ingold Guttenbiel, Jose Santos Castillo and so many more Homeless Ancestors… Homeless people create a movie about homelessness, screenings from SF to NM
For immediate release: Press Contacts: Tiny Gray-Garcia / Muteado Silencio (510) 435-7500 In Honor of Ingold Guttenbiel, Jose Santos Castillo and so many more Homeless Ancestors… Homeless people create a movie about homelessness, screenings from San Francisco to New Mexico While Mayors from LA to San Francisco claim their “homeless population” is decreasing, the violent policy of “sweeps” increase and the budgets for homelessness are cut, a powerful new movie created by hou
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Oct 27
#3 Survival Poetry POOR MAGAZINE Writing Workshop (Tovaangaar / Tatavia) with Aetna Street Family
Illustration by maulana ahmad on Unsplash RAGE Paisley To every demon with a badge, To every bulldozer who calls me trash. To the politicians who try to Legislate us away To the neighbors who curse and harass And complain. To the journalists in print and on TV Who pretend they know what it’s like to be me. Who promote hateful lies and Calls to lock us away. To the non-profiteers using our bodies to make bank. To the ones with their heads Gleefully in the sand Stepping over ou
POORMAG
Oct 26