FCC Proposed Limits To Internet Access Will Limit The Voices Of Marginalized Communities

UC Berkeley Economists Present Research Analyzing Effects of San Francisco Minimum Wage Measure

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee announced the Small Sites Acquisition Program on August 11, 2014, which enables non-profit and for profit developers to purchase sites to maintain as affordable housing.

August 15, 2014 protest in Oakland, CA against police violence and killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

Undocumented farm workers are hit the hardest because of California's extreme drought. We went to the heart of the Central Valley, west Fresno County, to talk to residents about how they're surviving the massive job losses.

As the economy heats up in San Francisco, tenants struggle to remain in the city despite an increase in evictions.

On May 16, 2014, representatives from BAYAN-USA, Migrante and NAFCON met with the Philippines Ambassador to the US, Jose L. Cuisa, Jr. at the Philippines Consulate in San Francisco.

More than 100 people from around the world convened in Quezon City to learn about the US’s strategy for mobilizing troops throughout Asia.

What shifting economies and attitudes to America's new "clean" cities have to do with private tech buses in San Francisco.

San Francisco’s new minimum wage could be highest in the country if passed on the November 2014 ballot. Community and labor groups that make up the Coalition for a Fair Economy are pushing for a higher minimum wage as rents in the San Francisco also top all other US cities.

[people. power. media] Co-founder, Dyan Ruiz, speaks on how news literacy is a two-way street between newsrooms and communities they report on. She explains the different ways that community input and participation is critical to the reporting philosophy of [people. power. media].

The Plaza 16 Coalition rallies against condominiums proposed to be built at the northeast corner of 16th and Mission at one of San Francisco’s busiest intersections.

New market rate housing proposes to rip through the heart of the Mission with the ultimate irony. Planners think they’re realizing the dream of “Transit Oriented Development” by allowing high density housing adjacent to one of the Bay Area’s busiest transit hubs. Victory at last! But who will live there?

Supporters rally in snowstorm outside maximum security prison to show solidarity for prisoners being held without charges or release date.

In a historic protest, public housing residents brought their demand for repairs funding straight to the federal government on Nov. 20. This was the first time Toronto public housing residents joined forces with city representatives and travelled to Ottawa to bring attention to the affordable housing crisis.

A look at grassroots organizations helping Typhoon Haiyan victims in the Philippines.

Community groups mobilize to pass a dedicated fund for affordable housing in San Francisco.

First Nations and environmental activists interrupt Enbridge’s pipeline plans at a National Energy Board hearing in Toronto regarding Line 9B, a pipeline that conveys crude oil between Sarnia, Ontario and Montréal, Quebec.

Idle No More protestors assert treaty rights and nationhood in Toronto, Canada as part of this International Day of Action, October 7, 2013.

Corporate agribusiness, like US-based Dole, and large-scale mining are threatening the lives and environment of rural Filipinos, but they're ready to fight for way of life.