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“We participated in good faith in the Forest Service’s collaborative process and we were assured that our sacred areas would be protected and our cultural values respected. It’s now obvious that those were hollow promises,” said Leaf Hillman, Natural Resources Director for the Karuk Tribe....

On Tuesday, May 11th, Eric Holder visited Youth Uprising, a youth empowering community center, located along MacArthur Blvd. in East Oakland. Holder was in town to discuss gang violence, and how the federal government may be able to assist local authorities in addressing this problem. [Full audio below.]...

Over the last month, gentrification journalism has been a buzz-word in the Bay Area’s media market, especially after the Journalism Innovations Conference that was held at USF two weeks ago....

“It is ironic that some of the people for responsible for the destruction of ocean resources are the ones that are now telling us that we need to be stewards, even though we have been the stewards of the ocean for centuries,” said Nelson Pinola, chair of the Point Arena Pomo Rancheria. “We need to change this law.” Photo of tribal gathering at Danaka courtesy of Violet Wilder: woman in buckskin dress, Violet Parrish Chappell; in purple, Vivian Parrish Wilder; in pink jacket, Vana Parrish ...

In January 2010 an American Chinese man was assaulted at a Third Street Lightrail hub. He succumbed to his injuries in April. Some of us organized a vigil and the Mayor was no where to be seen. Nor were the many folks that Mayor Gavin Newsom gathered mostly lackeys at City Hall recently - who will jump on any bandwagon to gain their five minutes of fame. I did not see the Mayor at the Human Rights Commission meeting held in China town. There were other focused meetings and the Mayor was no wh...

San Francisco's Mayor's Office of Economic Development makes one more faint attempt to keep HOPE alive at Hunters Point Shipyard and Candlestick Point. The sell outs were brought in numbers - fed and paid to make some drab statements. Mostly, the same refrain that has been heard before. " We want jobs". " We want housing". Well, that remains to be seen. Lennar has been know to look you in the EYE and LIE. The area is polluted and still under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Navy. We demand that ...

Kiilu's guest is Elizabeth Betita Martinez, legendary Chicana activist, historian, lecturer, and author of six books. She is currently the Director of the Institute for MultiRacial Justice in San Francisco. Betita is also one of the select international women nominated for the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize....

In this week's Town Hall for Justice for Oscar Grant, Minister Keith Muhammad speaks about being at this year's Li'l Bobby Hutton Day in West Oakland. Minister Keith recounts BART's coverup of the murder of Oscar Grant and describes how gang injunctions fit into gentrification of neighborhoods for the benefit of developers. Krystof from No Justice No BART discusses the April 8th BART action in San Francisco stations that demanded the firing of Tony Pirone. Minister Keith reports on a rec...

Six-minute QT movie. 52MB....

The African Cuban, Danish Jewish "Founding Father of California" authentic historical legacy will come alive during the entire month of May at the Mission Delores Basilica. May 1848, William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr. died under mysterious circumstances and his ongoing legacy continues to reflect systemic institutional racism challenging modern scientific methodology utilizing primary source documentation....