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Black poetry, with its myriad styles and voices, stands as a testament to the richness of the Black experience. Each verse, whether it speaks of pain or joy, struggle or triumph, adds to the grand narrative. As we continue to engage with this vibrant genre, we are reminded of the words of Maya Angelou: Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. Black poetry, in essence, is both a gift from the past and a beacon for the future.

There was a historic surge in Americans’ net worth from 2019 to 2022, new Federal Reserve data released Wednesday reveals. Real median net worth ballooned by 37 percent between 2019 and 2022, more than double the next-largest increase on record, according to the Fed’s Survey of Consumer Finances. But income inequality also widened, and affordable…

The bounty from Royal Roads University’s food garden this year was more than double the output from 2022.

The race, which began in 2018, was designed to showcase the resilience and beauty of this growing neighborhood, and the movement to provide equitable and affordable housing to a community that has long gone without it.

The free 20-minute virtual reality films runs for 96 showings now through Oct. 25.

State law and oversight board fall short of goals to collect law enforcement data and to reduce racial disparities in police traffic stops.

A drug crackdown in the Tenderloin and South of Market has resulted in more than 600 arrests, with authorities seizing more than 200 pounds of fentanyl since the initiative launched in May, Mayor London Breed said. But the coordinated effort, involving city and state law enforcement agents, appears to be leading to violent clashes, said Supervisor Dean Preston, whose district includes the Tenderloin. “They’re poking a hornet’s nest,” he said in an interview.

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