The chicken or the egg?
Community scientists partner with research institutes for $2 million in NIEH funding for community exposure research by Ahimsa Porter Sumchai, M.D. Two years ago, in March 2007, when this photo was...
View ArticleThe bomb in our back yard
by Ahimsa Porter Sumchai, M.D. The atom bomb “Little Boy” sailed from the Hunters Point Shipyard and on Aug. 6, 1945, was dropped on Hiroshima, killing 140,000 people by the end of that year. The USS...
View ArticleBreast cancer in men and women
The Bayview benzene connection by Ahimsa Porter Sumchai, M.D. Dr. Lisa Newman, examining a woman in Ghana, says, “Black women are disproportionately afflicted with breast cancers at younger ages.” –...
View ArticleFive things young African American women can do to cope with breast cancer
by Zekita Zekita Learning that you have breast cancer can be one of the most shocking and life altering moments of your entire life. The initial diagnosis can bring on feelings of not only worry, but...
View ArticleThe mammogram recommendations: More than a ‘tempest in a teapot’
by Ahimsa Porter Sumchai, M.D. “Just for you a word or two your image it keeps dancing through/ my mind at times I think about the changes you’ve been going through” – Poem for Eleanor Spikes, “Phoenix...
View ArticleTroy Davis’ sister: Mother died of a broken heart
The whole family is on Death Row by Jackie Jones Troy Davis’ mother, Virginia Davis, and his sister, Martina Correia, lead supporters into the courtroom for the evidentiary hearing last year on June...
View ArticleBetty McGee: Living for others
by Keith Burbank “A life not lived for others is not a life” – Mother Theresa. Betty McGee Betty McGee, PhD, serves as the Bayview Hunters Point Health and Environmental Resource Center’s (HERC)...
View ArticleMartina Correia, 1967-2011, champion of Troy Davis and justice for all
by Matthew Cardinale Atlanta (APN) – Martina Correia, the sister of Troy Davis, who was his strongest advocate, has succumbed to breast cancer. Martina Davis Correia speaks passionately for justice for...
View ArticleThe Oakland thespian: an interview wit’ Anita Woodley
by Minister of Information JR Anita Shontel Woodley, journalist and playwright Anita Woodley is one of the hidden treasures of Oakland’s drama community. Though she no longer lives in Oakland, Oakland...
View ArticleBelva Davis: ‘Never in my wildest dreams’ – What a night to remember
by Wanda Sabir This week has been a sojourn through important San Francisco Bay Area history. I will never look at Sutro Tower, that lone antenna on the highest peak in San Francisco, the same again...
View ArticleOakland’s native daughter: an interview wit’ thespian and playwright Anita...
by The People’s Minister of Information JR Anita Woodley is a very talented and self-taught North Carolina-based thespian and playwright who was brought up in Oakland, California, and is returning to...
View ArticleBreast cancer happens to real people, not abstractions on paper
Politics at any level will never completely determine the faith of a community with enormous concerns regarding poor health service. San Francisco city government has known for too many years the need...
View ArticleDr. Raymond Tompkins: How and why does pollution poison Bayview Hunters...
by The People’s Minister of Information M.O.I. JR Valrey Read the transcript of the first part of the interview here: Dr. Raymond Tompkins: How and why does pollution poison Bayview Hunters Point? Part...
View ArticleAfrican American Breast Cancer Conference 2016
The African American Breast Cancer Conference not only fosters cancer prevention and healing but also strengthens community bonds. Dr. Betty McGee and Marsha Bishop were childhood friends in Bayview...
View ArticleLynne Stewart, people’s lawyer, freedom fighter, presente!
by Mumia Abu-Jamal “Free Lynne Stewart, People’s Lawyer” – Art: Kevin “Rashid” Johnson, 1859887, Clements Unit, 9601 Spur 591, Amarillo TX 79107 Lynne Stewart, after 78 winters in America, has died,...
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