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The meaning of Black Media Appreciation Night 2014
by The People’s Minister of Information JR On Sept. 13, 2014, the most progressive of the Bay Area’s Black and pro-Black journalists came together to celebrate one another and to give awards to a well...
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Wheelchair mobility plus education equals a bright future for Eunice Atim of...
Introduction by Leroy Moore Krip-Hop is more than music! One of the most proudest moments for Krip-Hop Nation last year was when journalist Ronald Galiwango of Uganda, Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg and the...
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Community protector Bo Frierson tipped from wheelchair for protesting SFPD’s...
by Leroy F. Moore Jr. Devaughn Frierson Jr., better known as Bo, endeavors every day to protect his community and, like the Black Panthers, he doesn’t turn his back to abuse by police. As a community...
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Bessie and Devonte Taylor: Black, disabled, still houseless
by Tiny aka Lisa Garcia, Poor News Network “The family’s homelessness has nothing to do with the Housing Authority. We couldn’t help what the landlord did.” I listened as the supervisor at the Housing...
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Profiled by race and disability in Ottawa, Canada
by Leroy Moore A lot of activists in the U.S. joke during election times or when things get hot that they will move to Canada, but Canada is no utopia and can be rough living especially for people of...
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Sister shares story about police profiling and beating her autistic brother
by Leroy Moore Since the ‘80s, I’ve been protesting police brutality and advocating for the victims with disabilities; however, today is totally different. I’m used to reading about and advocating for...
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Author Leroy Moore releases new book, ‘Black Kripple Delivers Poetry & Lyrics’
by The People’s Minister of Information JR I have known the writer Leroy Moore for about a decade, and ever since I’ve known him he has been on the front lines fighting for the human rights of disabled...
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Youth power against police brutality: Students stand in solidarity for Mario...
by Apollonia Jordan Hundreds of students, who walked out of class and marched from 16th and Mission to City Hall, unfurled their banner and rallied on the steps, as a cop in the background stood watch....
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Black Chicagoans with disabilities stand solid against police terror
by Leroy Moore In 2004, I wrote a poem about a Puerto Rican activist who had a physical disability and fought against police brutality and wrongful incarceration in the city of Chicago. I’m talking...
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Fighting the system: The Alex Nieto trial lost in the courts, won in the...
by Tiny aka Lisa Gray-Garcia, Poor News Network A mama’s son riddled with 59 bullets from a colonizer’s gun / 59 bullets fired by slave-catchers and gentrifier glances. “The story the cops had was just...
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‘A Small Temporary Inconvenience,’ a feature film about Black, disabled civil...
Interview with filmmaker Cleveland Bailey Jr. by Leroy Moore Cleve Bailey has taken the story of his great uncle and aunt, George and Kathy Eames, and created a screenplay entitled “A Small Temporary...
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Un-arm the paid killers and child molesters: The people call for a national...
by Tiny Lisa Gray-Garcia, Poor News Network “A 90-day moratorium on use of force is actually the norm in certain places,” said Lisa Marie Alatorre of the Coalition on Homelessness. “Even asking SFPD...
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Wanda’s Picks for February 2017
Wilda and Wilfred Batin at Wilfred’s elementary graduation in May, 2015 – Photo: Wanda Sabir by Wanda Sabir Happy Black History Month. Knowledge is power, something Black people from Frederick Douglass...
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Loving school: Eunice Atim of Uganda needs our support to advance to...
Note from Leroy Moore: Poor Magazine taught me that journalism is relationships, starting with “I,” going to “we,” and they go deeper than a story. It’s been almost five years since I met Ronald...
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Bay View turns 40! Part 2
Editorial by Bay View publisher Dr. Willie Ratcliff Now, as the San Francisco Bay View newspaper’s 40th birthday year comes to a close, is the time to bring up to date the historical sketch of our...
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Poor people on Park Avenue?
Black, Brown, Indigenous and poor people lead Tour of Stolen Land and Hoarded Wealth in Eastern Turtle Island by Lisa Tiny Gray-Garcia “We are stopping you because some of the residents feel like they...
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Black Media Appreciation Night 2014 this Saturday, Sept. 13
by The People’s Minister of Information JR Every two years, Block Report Radio and the SF Bay View newspaper get together to sponsor Black Media Appreciation Night, a night when we honor the very best...
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Penal abolition and the razor wire plantations
Poverty skolaz report and reflect on the International Conference on Penal Abolition (ICOPA 17) by Tiny, Lisa Gray-Garcia We walk back and forth in a jail cell every day It’s called your doorways Tent...
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We can’t stop now! Help single father in Uganda educate his disabled daughters
by Ronald Goliwango and Leroy Moore Alex Ekolu encourages his daughter, Eunice Atim, in Uganda. She wants to be educated so as to be an advocate for disabled people – and she needs your help. This is...
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‘Went Down to the Rich (White) Man’s House’: Poor and unhoused people march...
by Tiny aka Lisa Gray-Garcia and Leroy Moore, Po Poets and Poverty Skolaz, Poor News Network Well, I went down to the rich man’s house/ to take back what he stole from me/ take back my dignity/ take...
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