James Tracy, Author at 48 hills

Lit

Black Power history told through a story of love and family in ‘Stayed on Freedom’

March 4, 2023

Dan Berger's book traces the journey of Zoharah Simmons and Michael Simmons—and challenges perceptions

Labor

All about most people: Illuminating the history of the California labor movement

January 9, 2023

'From Mission to Microchip' author Fred B. Glass talks about how his City College course makes the long struggle relevant today

Arts + Culture

At Zinn Fair, Peter Cole explores SF’s unique history of labor and race

December 3, 2019

In Dockworker Power: Race and Activism in South Africa and the San Francisco Bay Area, labor historian Peter Cole uncovers the undocumented history of waterfront...

Lit

Aya De León’s ‘Side Chick Nation’ explores post-Maria Puerto Rico

August 19, 2019

LIT Aya De León is a writer, activist, educator, spoken word poet and author of the award-winning Justice Hustlers series, including latest installment Side Chick Nation. The...

Lit

AIDS, sex, and ‘Illuminations on Market Street’

August 14, 2019

LIT Author Benjamin Heim Shepard is a Brooklyn-based activist who has published 10 books, including White Nights and Ascending Shadows: An Oral History of...

News + Politics

In Yuba County, protesting Northern California’s last ICE prison

July 15, 2019

On Friday, July 12, about 400 protesters gathered on the steps of the Yuba County Jail in Marysville to protest what is believed to...

The Mekons’ Sally Timms twangs in to support Community Land Trust

October 3, 2018

“The Mekons are the most revolutionary group in the history of rock ‘n’ roll.” —Lester Bangs Emerging in Leeds, England, in 1977, the Mekons came...

Lit

Leticia del Toro grounds her ‘Cafe Colima’ in the lives of ‘everyday Latinas’

June 26, 2018

LIT Bay Area author Leticia Del Toro is not a household name... yet. Her work has appeared in Huizache, Zyzzyva, Cipactli and Mutha Magazine. Her short stories are some...

Lit

Author Amanda Huron on housing and the power of urban ‘commoning’

April 26, 2018

LIT Carving Out the Commons: Tenant Organizing and Housing Cooperatives in Washington, D.C. "explores the practice of urban 'commoning' in Washington, DC, through an investigation...

Lit

Ananda Esteva’s border-crossing, jazz-driven Califaztlan tale

March 9, 2018

The Wanderings of Chela Coatlícue: Touring Califaztlan (Transgress Press) is the first installment of a trilogy of coming-of-age adventures, following a brazen young musical...