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POOR NEWS NETWORK PNN is a not for profit multi-media access project of POOR Magazine, dedicated to reframing the news, issues and solutions from low and no income communities, as well as providing society with a perspective usually not heard or seen within the mainstream media. PNN news is generated in the Community Newsroom, and is published each week on Wednesday. If you would like to participate; email poormag@sirius.com. POOR needs your help. For subscription/donation info. click here |
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A Simple Act of mothering…. By Anna Morrow |
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Brotherly - What!?! by Joseph Bolden |
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Sense-Less Crimes By Leroy Moore, PNN columnist (check out Leroy's
column 'Illin and Chillin')
Graphic by mclinn.net
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No Los Vamos!!! ( We won't Go) San Francisco residents march against Mission gentrification By Kaponda and Tom McKay |
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"An Altercation..." Homeless resident of UN Plaza shot by federal police officer By Maurice J., Darrin Lewis and Tiny |
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"Live" Notes from the Democratic National Convention By Aaron Shuman |
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"People were dragged out of the building..."
Evicted San Francisco residents commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the International Hotel eviction. By Kaponda |
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Letter from the Republican Correctional Facility |
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THE SHAMEFUL WALL OF EXCLUSION
"The Other Side" Rally on the Tenth birthday of the AmericanŐs with Disabilities Act (ADA) By Kaponda |
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A Million New Homes!??! Truth vs. lies in the Housing Crisis By James Tracy Graphic by mclinn.net |
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Homeless People Seek Justice in Small Claims Court by Tom McKay |
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A Short Breath
SF District Attorney takes on The Evil landlords By Leticia Velasquez and Lisa Gray-Garcia |
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Day Laborers, Neighbors, and Community Leaders Lose Site on Cesar Chavez St. by Joseph Bolden |
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David Duncombe is Fasting For Debt Relief by Tom McKay |
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The case of Leo Stegman vs.The City of Berkeley’s Economic and Racial Profiling Policies. By Leo Stegman |
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 Photos by Anna Morrow, Leroy Moore, Scott Clark, Joeph Bolden, and Tiny Hundreds of San Francisco residents rally against gentrification at the Planning Commission By Kaponda |
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Young resident of Manila Garbage Dump describes "The day of tears" By Luz Diamonte |
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 Photos by Tiny Is San Francisco’s new free storage facility just a way for the "City" to get rid of shopping carts owned by homeless residents? By Kaponda and Peter Flores |
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ONE DAY'S NOTICE Oakland Social Service organization’s protest one day’s eviction notices given to poor Oakland tenants and multi-service agencies. By Joseph Bolden |
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Quality Of Life? or Quantity Of Strife? If you are, like me, one of the 12,000 homeless people in San Francisco you may not want to read this article. It will make you angry, at best.
By Anna Morrow |
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The Dot-Con Game Lately, the Mission (and a lot of other neighborhoods) are succumbing By Scott Clark |
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 Community Journalism "We all talk about the digital divide - well, I'm here to tell you…we are in the divide and poor folk haven't got the digital part yet....". By PNN staff |
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| POVERTY KILLS Gary Graham murdered due to lack of quality (high paid) legal defense, institutional racism and classism. By KaPonda |
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CODE BLUE: PUBLIC HEALTHBy Scott Clark |
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Institutionalized Lives
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A
Blueprint For Dislocation
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Simon's StoryLow income single dad tries to "keep it all together" in the era of Welfare Reform, Child Protective Services and The Juvenile Dependency Court.
By Simon Kasada |
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mmmmm.....Military School
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Dot-Colonization
San Francisco Planning Department is allowing the rapid Dot-com development. Mission Residents stage large protest.By Anna Marie Morrow |
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Jerry Justice
Tenants protest Jerry Brown’s unjust notion of Affordable Housing By Joseph Bolden Photos By Tiny |
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"Who are You PEOPLE???"
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CLASS CLEANSING
THE ZEPHYR WAY
Senior and disabled tenants protest unjust evictions by Zephyr Realty. By PNN staff Photos By Tiny |
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NO PARKING between 2:00 pm and 6:00 amVehicularily Housed residents in California fight eviction, gentrification, and police harassment By Kaponda |
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"bare minimum necessities"The ACLU lodges lawsuit against The State of California for unjust distribution of wealth in California school districts. By Kaponda |
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ECONOMIC BOOM FOR WHOM??!
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HELLTH CARELow-income patient chronicles her experiences with private non-profit hospitals in San Francisco. By PNN staff |
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"WHY IS MOMMY IN PRISON?"MOTHERS DAY RALLY SHEDS LIGHT ON THE SITUATION OF INCARCERATED MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. By Kaponda |
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 Photo Montage by Jesaka Irwin Standing TogetherPNN staff writers march for Justice for MumiaBy Je'sa'ka Irwin (rest of story) |
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50 years underground!Assata Shakur responds to 50 years of Media lies and political repression. |
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 Photo Montage by Jesaka Irwin Corporate Freedom of Oppression!PNN Staff writer reclaims MAY-DAYBy Jesaka Irwin |
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Just Cause.....
Oakland Tenants and advocates rally for a Just Cause Initiative
in Oakland.
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Who Gets Heard?!POOR Magazine columnist translates his experience of seizing media access.By Kaponda |
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ADVENTURES IN THIRD-WORLD MALIBUBy T.W.C.
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Promoting StigmaBy Chance Martin
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Hostile Takeover Bid of San Francisco's Mission DistrictDot-Com moves into the San Francisco Armory on Mission street By (PNN
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"I didn't realize what they were doing to me and my son was illegal"Tenants Protest illegal practice of "Musical Rooms" By (PNN
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ILL-PREPARED FOR FIRESSan Francisco Fire Department Meets with Burned-Out Single Room Occupancy Tenants. By KaPonda |
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"It's Mine.... I pay the mortgage on it"The Honorable Rev. Amos Brown evicts Family in District Election bid. By Joseph
Bolden PNN staff writer |
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DOES CALWORKS...... WORK?By Jill
Kearns ( PNN staff) |
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"ACCESS TEAM? ...OR ERADICATION TEAM ?"San Francisco Mayor and Department of Human Services meet secretly to eradicate homeless and low income residents from downtown San Francisco through vouchers and master leasing program., By KaPonda |
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"Handout".... or Desperately needed HelpWelfare reform ruling against legal non citizens upheld in Congress, By Ann Anh |
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"TO tell or not to tell... That is the question"Homeless Voucher plan shrouded in bureaucratic secrecy. By KaPonda |
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The Meeting that never was..........Mayor's press conference on vouchers canceled because?By Scott Clark |
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COMMITTED!Native American resident of Michigan sues state for forced sterilization he recieved as an orphan in a mental institution. by Kaponda |
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Constitutionally Suspect or Economically Suspect?POOR Magazine contributor D'Shawn Williams responds to
the recent ruling by the State supreme court to block Free speech defenses
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The Color of TrustPNN columnist Leroy Moore explains the impact of AB1800 on African American mental health consumers. (rest of story)by Leroy F. Moore Jr. (Check out Leroy's column "Illin n' Chillin") |
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Calm Before the StormAdvocates for economic justice launch a five day march in Oakland....by PNN Staff (rest of story) |
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"Out of character."Mentally disabled homeless resident of San Diego shot by Policeby Ka Ponda (rest of story) |
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Incarceration or Education?PROPOSITION 21 PROMOTES INCARCERATING YOUTH RATHER THAN
EDUCATING THEM. (rest
of story) READ Art or Vandalism?Graffiti artist deconstructs the question of Art vs. Vandalism in connection to Prop 21. (rest of story) |
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SHUT-OUT;
Burned Out Hotel Residents protest extravagant spending
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Illin n' Chillinby Leroy MooreLeroy Moore's column, Illin n' Chillin focuses on the experiences, problems and solutions of disabled people, with a special focus on low income disabled people of color. This Month's Installment is:THE OTHER SIDE (RALLY) ....There are always two sides of every story but many times the public only gets to hear or see only one side.(rest of story) |
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Hands and Lestera coupla' low income cats... Talk Back!
8.5.00 Installment is:THE SHAMELESS PUP
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The United Nations Plaza Homeless Project is comprised of dedicated
homeless folk who are attempting to make change for themselves and other
low income people who have been dealing with poverty and homelessness for
several years without much help from the San Francisco city government,
a city government who usually resorts to criminalizing homeless citizens
rather than helping them. Check in for future development of this ambitious
project. Contact Manuel Morales at (415) 608-8406 pager ( 415) 208-8406. |
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PROPOSITION E FOR Evil, Extravagant, and (un) Ethical Expenditure.POOR Magazine investigates the generous financial backing by the Hilton Hotel and the Hotel Council of Propostion E.(rest of story) |
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"I don't Want to slumify Oakland..."Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown evades issues at POOR Magazine's Media inAction protest and press conference. Evicted tenants and advocates question Brown's possible conflict of interest with Madison Park Corporation.(rest of story) |
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QUALITY OF LIFE???Columnist Ka Ponda deconstructs the City Attorney's pending anti-poverty policy.(rest of story) |
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FAMILIES UNDER ATTACKan ongoing series by PNN Low income parents are often subject to abuse at the hands of Child Protective Services and the Juvenile Dependency Court systems due to bureacratic mismanagement and lack of accountability. A Project called COURTWATCH has been launched to address these issues through media advocacy and activism. LITTLE NOAHDIFFICULT or DISTRAUGHT |
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L.A. FOOD NOT BOMBS ATTACKED FOR SERVING FOOD IN PERSHING SQUARE -
Food Not Bombs has been demonstrating against poverty and homelessness by feeding the hungry in the park for the last two years without incident. But for the past two weeks, apparently in response to the use of the park by a private, for-profit skating rink, LA police and park rangers have made arrests of Food Not Bombs members and others at the park. In response, FNB announced that on Sunday, January 2, they will not be serving food in Pershing Square Park, as they have customarily for two years, pending a legal announcement on Tuesday, to be made at a noon press conference in Pershing Square Park. For more information, contact Michael Novick of People Against Racist Terror at 310-495-0299; or by email at part2001@usa.net |
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PREVENTION OR ECONOMIC GENOCIDE??
POOR Magazine columnist Ka Ponda investigates the implications of Barbara Harris' C.R.A.C.K.campaign on poor mothers.(rest of story) |
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"Next time Rudy, pick on someone your own size."
U.S. Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo rebukes NY Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's anti-poverty policies, by bypassing city agencies and directly funding Non-profit agencies who provide services to homeless New Yorkers.(rest of story) |
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'EVICTION CITY' IS
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| BAGELS BEHIND BARS San Francisco Police continue arrests of Food Not Bombs food servers. Ammiano holds a hearing on the issue at the Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors. (rest of story) |
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| Turkeys At Fisherman's Wharf?
Living Wage Coalition gives Certificates of Dishonor Awards to Wharf Restaurant Owners (rest of story) |
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| HARD-WORKING POOR EVICTED BY RICH
INDUSTRIALIST ONE OF SAN FRANCISCO'S RICHEST LANDLORDS SERVES EVICTION NOTICES TO HIS POOR AND ELDERLY TENANTS (rest of story) |
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| MARCH OF THE EVICTED Hundreds
march on city hall to protest excessive evictions due to high speed gentrification
San Francisco rest of story |
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| A Homeless Coup A Homeless Congress is Formed in San Francisco rest of story A Plan For Action To End Homelessness In San Francisco text of plan |
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