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The Quagmire Behind Re-Opening San Francisco’s Public Schools: an interview with SFUSD Board Member Kevine Boggess

By JR Valrey, The Minister of Information School’s all over San Francisco have been opening in phases, as society’s fear of the corona virus is starting to subside. Now that students have been stuck in distance-learning for over a year, there are a host of … Continue readingThe Quagmire Behind Re-Opening San Francisco’s Public Schools: an interview with SFUSD Board Member Kevine Boggess

The Entrepreneurial Spirit of Frisco Rapper StunnamanO2

By JR Valrey, the Minister of Information StunnamanO2 is one of the most explosive performers, and articulate rhyme-slangers on the underground Hip Hop scene of the San Francisco Bay Area, who has recently been making a name for himself. I had become aware of him … Continue readingThe Entrepreneurial Spirit of Frisco Rapper StunnamanO2

New Activity Book Celebrates the Rank and File Women of the Black Panther Party

by JR Valrey, the People’s Minister of Information The corporate media would tell us to put our faith in Biden and Harris to save the Black community from the perennial social ills that we constantly face, the Black Panther Party has taught us to put … Continue readingNew Activity Book Celebrates the Rank and File Women of the Black Panther Party

Oakland’s Beast on a Beat Champ Green Talks About Droppin’ New Album and His Lyrical Hustle Through the Pandemic

By The Minister of Information JR If anybody won musically this year, out of the Bay, it is the poetics of Champ Green, who just dropped his “Agape Elephant in the Room” project yesterday. The heavy metaphor-laden wordsmith is also one of the frontmen for … Continue readingOakland’s Beast on a Beat Champ Green Talks About Droppin’ New Album and His Lyrical Hustle Through the Pandemic

East Oakland’s No Vultures Podcast Documents the History of Bay Area Hip Hop and More

By JR Valrey, The People’s Minister of Information No Vultures Podcast, is where Oakland specifically, and people from the Bay, go to get valid Bay Area history. Much like his older cousin, Sway in the Morning, Lord Rab, the host of No Vultures and founder, … Continue readingEast Oakland’s No Vultures Podcast Documents the History of Bay Area Hip Hop and More

The Black Restaurant Week whirlwind comes to the Bay despite COVID

by JR Valrey, Black New World Media The COVID-19 pandemic shelter in place “has been a whirlwind of ups and downs, highs and lows, peaks and valleys. But I am still standing. COVID has thrown curve balls, fast balls and daggers. So I’d say we … Continue readingThe Black Restaurant Week whirlwind comes to the Bay despite COVID