Residents with different agendas united this year to remove members who attacked teaching on race and LGBTQ+ topics. Some Black recall supporters say the community has failed for decades to fight racism.
When Mwalimu Shakur started associating with political radicals inside California prisons in the 1990s, he was classified as a “gang” member and held in solitary for 14 straight years. Now out of solitary, but still behind bars in Corcoran, he tells his story.
Since 1991, the Mexican Cultural Institute has provided programming to promote and support Mexican and Mexican American culture and art at the historic Biscailuz building. Now, they are battling the city to return to their original space.
As the city continues on its destructive path, there is no need for us to be on the defensive; we can wage a battle of our own for mass public housing.