By Lee Hubbard In a strange turn of events, a San Francisco Black contractor, who had been awarded the right build the Bay View Hunters Point library at Third and Revere Streets, lost the Department of Public works contract over a minor infraction. Willie Ratcliff, owner of Liberty Builders, had been awarded the $5.1 million [...]
By Lee Hubbard The fifth annual Kwanzaa celebration sponsored by the Village Projec will be taking place Dec. 26 through Jan. 1 throughout San Francisco. In years past, the Village Project’s events took place in the Western Addition area, but according to Adrian Williams, the project’s executive director, Black people throughout the city are feeling [...]
By Lee Hubbard Ishmael Reed has been called many things in a writing career that has spanned over 40 years. Now the Oakland resident and UC Berkeley professor, author and social commentator of over 20 books, has become “the defender” and gone on the political offensive in his support of President Barack Obama. Reed, author [...]
By Lee Hubbard With the election of Malia Cohen to the Supervisors seat in District 10, she also becomes the de-facto Black political leader in San Francisco, as she will be the highest-ranking Black elected official in the city when she is sworn into office on Jan. 3. “It feels good and humbling to know [...]
By Lee Hubbard Joe Debro Black truckers surrounded the Transbay Terminal and then City Hall Monday morning in their trucks to protest the way that San Francisco awards projects that are funded by federal stimulus money. “This protest is a legitimate way to bring issues forward,” said Joe Debro, head of the Bay Area Black [...]
