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Demand of Mayors In San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, Santa Cruz, Fresno, Berkeley, and other California cities in fire-zones to Open Vacant Hotel Rooms so Houseless People Can Breathe...
Out in the Cold By a Place Called Home
With the deadly COVID 19 disease running out of control in the United States and no viable cure in sight, millions of Americans are faced with an uncertain future as poverty steadily rises at an exodus rate. Due to pay cuts or income loss a
The Privilege of Breathing in Poverty
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Naked Black/Brown Disabled Men Shot By Police has a long history (Here is my short list. Please add to it if you know any cases.)
They came for us in the morning: What prison officials don’t want you to know about the raid on 200+ incarcerated Black people at Soledad
Emmett Till, the Scottsboro Boys, the Central Park 5, and the list goes on. The ramifications of being falsely accused of a crime in America can be, and often has been, deadly for Black people.
Mask Rage
We are all too familiar with the term “Road Rage,” an expression used to sugarcoat the inability for drivers to share the road in a safe manner and with common sense without injuring or killing one another. “Road Rage” is a stupid excuse for people with too much “entitlement” issues and not enough accountability being held for people behaving badly.
Re-Caging A Healer, Teacher, Mentor
*** Update: JV was finally released from the kkkage on Sept 24th with an INSANE ransom of $250,000.- tune in for a virtual press conference sponsored by POOR Magazine Tuesday, Sept 29th at 10am - Zoom Link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/
The story of a girl who thought she had nobody- First Nations Mama Poetry Series on Depression
Youth Letters to Judge- Free Joey Villarreal
Dear Honorable Judge,