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The Lower Bottom PlayazToday, the Oakland based Kenneth Rainin Foundation announced this year’s group of fellows. One of them is Dr. Ayodele “WordSlanger” Nzinga. Today, we bring you our piece from 2021 about her appointment as the first Poet Laureate of Oakland, a title she still holds today. -
Elizabeth Aranda/Elizabeth ArandaBased on the belief that literature can heal, Josiah Luis Alderete and his partners opened a new bookstore in the heart of the Mission District this past November. They call it Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore and Gallery.
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The second of three investigative stories airing this week from CIVIC, a podcast produced by SF Public Press. -
Sandip RoyNepal’s constitution protects sexual minorities. Most recently after a long struggle Nepal registered its first same sex marriage, something India next door has refused to do. And now Nepal’s tourism industry is set to cash in.
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Your CallDr. Uché Blackstock's new book is "as much about my work and awakening as a physician as it is a call to reimagine who we are as a country." -
On Tuesday morning, more than 50 tents were pitched outside of Sproul Hall at UC Berkeley, with students and organizers there asking that the university meet a number of demands – including divesting from Israel’s war on Palestine. -
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Crosscurrents"Frontline Prophet: James Baldwin" is a traveling art exhibit that has made a stop in Oakland. It celebrates the activist and writer's 100th birthday. Detroit artist Sabrina Nelson and Oakland-based co-curator Ashara Ekundayo talk about the Baldwin's significance. -
CrosscurrentsTucked away in the heart of downtown Oakland, there’s a tranquil garden where redwoods, junipers, oaks, and maple trees grow right alongside one another. -
The Oakland City Council unanimously approved a lease agreement for the ballpark for the new minor league Oakland Ballers. -
Monday, San Francisco lost one of the greatest social justice champions. The Reverend Cecil Williams, the co-founder of Glide Memorial Church, died peacefully at his retirement community. He was 94 years old. -
The first of three investigative stories airing this week from CIVIC, a podcast produced by SF Public Press. -
In their new book, Dr. Jenn Jackson shines a light on the central role of Black women in liberation movements, both in US history and their own life. -
CrosscurrentsPrison reform in California these might include Norwegian prisons. Today, the Uncuffed episode from Norway which won a Silver award from New York Festival Radio Awards.
