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US news media totally missed the point on the Mueller report

A Trump cabinet member and loyalist who says a sitting president can't be indicted says the president won't be indicted. That's hardly an "exoneration."
Tim Redmond -
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Campaign Trail

Large, enthusiastic crowd welcomes Bernie Sanders to San Francisco

Senator says it's pretty clear he is going to win California.
Haley Keizur -
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Culture

Join us for the Sixth Annual 48 Hills Spring Gala!

On May 2, help independent, progressive journalism survive—and have a great time.
Marke B. -
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Homeless people — in cages

A poverty scholars national tour finds people locked up in St. Petersburg.
Tiny -
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Foreign Correspondent

How the media distort news from Venezuela

Most of the reporters are echoing the lines of the Trump Administration -- as if anything Trump says is credible.
Reese Erlich -
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News + Politics

City College administration pushes dramatic cuts

Classes that define the school's mission are on the chopping block as the teachers' union fights back.
Michael Toren -
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News + Politics

The view from a homeless shelter

I am employed. I am clean. I have been living in a shelter for three years. I can't even go home when I'm sick or tired. Will someone give me a chance?
michelle -
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News + Politics

SF to pay $13.1 million to man who was framed by cops

Settlement ends the horror story that was the Jamal Trulove case -- but none of the people charged with putting an innocent man in jail has faced any discipline. Plus: The right sign for the Harvey Milk Terminal and report that shows where the real housing crisis is. That's The Agenda for March 18-24
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The Agenda

News + Politics

SF to pay $13.1 million to man who was framed by cops

Settlement ends the horror story that was the Jamal Trulove case -- but none of the people charged with putting an innocent man in jail has faced any discipline. Plus: The right sign for the Harvey Milk Terminal and report that shows where the real housing crisis is. That's The Agenda for March 18-24
Tim Redmond -
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News + Politics

Will the state Democratic Party support public power?

Tim Redmond -
Plus: Kicking the NRA out of the SFPD, protecting the rights of minors to have a lawyer when they are questioned by the local cops -- and a Right of First Refusal for nonprofits to buy multi-family housing. That's The Agenda for Feb. 11-17.
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News + Politics

Debate over $185 million windfall begins this week

Tim Redmond -
Mayor, supes have some competing priorities for money from education fund. Plus a vacancy tax -- and why we need it. That's The Agenda for Feb. 4-11.
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The Agenda

Fight the PG&E bailout!

Tim Redmond -
Plus: Planning wants to give developers a bonus—and ignore the roots of the housing crisis. This week's Agenda.
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News + Politics

The new supes, a public bank, police secrecy …

Tim Redmond -
... and a pricey inauguration for a governor who has no apparent concept of the problem of economic inequality. That's The Agenda for Jan. 7-13.
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Opinion

News + Politics

The Sierra Club and the luxury-housing developer

Northern Alameda chapter backs San Leandro project in a sign that the pro-growth forces are trying to take over the environmental group.
Zelda Bronstein -
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News + Politics

A scary time in Venezuela

Carolina Morales -
The US is participating in an undemocratic coup.
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News + Politics

Conservatorship: The new ‘ugly laws’

Tiny -
Another tool to take individuality and power away from poor, disabled, and senior people will start in SF and LA.
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Opinion

Beyond Zuckerberg General Hospital

Bob Prentice -
Are philanthropy and charity really solutions to society's problems?
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News + Politics

Let’s start over, Mayor Breed

John Elberling -
How about showing some good faith by ending the homeless sweeps?
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Tenant Troubles

News + Politics

Tenant Troubles: What Prop. 10 is really about

The measure does nothing but allow local control; for a lot of tenants, it could make a huge difference
Dave Crow -
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Tenant Troubles

Tenant Troubles: My washer broke — should I sign a lease?

Dave Crow -
In San Francisco, if you don't have a lease it may be harder for the landlord to evict you.
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News + Politics

Tenant Troubles: Can I add two roommates? Should I?

Dave Crow -
Is it a good idea to move out, sort of, but keep a rent-controlled unit by subletting to new "roommates?"
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Tenant Troubles

Tenant Troubles: How do I get my roommate to leave?

Dave Crow -
It's not easy -- and it shouldn't be. Hiring a lawyer and doing an eviction is expensive and ugly, so look for other options
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Tenant Troubles

Tenant Troubles: Can my landlord refuse to let me have a service animal?

Dave Crow -
In many cases, no -- but be careful about the paperwork
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Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent

How the media distort news from Venezuela

Most of the reporters are echoing the lines of the Trump Administration -- as if anything Trump says is credible.
Reese Erlich -
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Foreign Correspondent

What’s really going on in Kashmir?

Reese Erlich -
The geopolitics behind the recent military attacks from India and Pakistan
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Foreign Correspondent

How the war in Yemen could end — in a matter of days

Reese Erlich -
Enforcing an obscure US law 'would affect their ability to fight immediately.'
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Foreign Correspondent

Venezuela: Democratic uprising or US coup?

Reese Erlich -
Trump is strangling the country while US oil companies envision big profits.
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Foreign Correspondent

Does Cuba censor the Internet? Think again

Reese Erlich -
Despite US rules that have made phones and connections expensive, many Cubans have free access to global media.
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Campaign Trail

Campaign Trail

Large, enthusiastic crowd welcomes Bernie Sanders to San Francisco

Senator says it's pretty clear he is going to win California.
Haley Keizur -
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Campaign Trail

Preston launches campaign with energetic event

Tim Redmond -
Vallie Brown is the incumbent, but it appears that Preston is the front-runner in the D5 race.
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Campaign Trail

Preston leads in D5 fundraising

Tim Redmond -
Challenger has more money than incumbent, setting the tone for the November race.
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Campaign Trail

Some reality facing the candidates for president

Tim Redmond -
Economic inequality and climate change will doom human civilization unless we take some pretty serious steps. I'm waiting for the candidate who is willing to say that.
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Campaign Trail

A progressive candidate files for DA, opening up the 2019 race

Tim Redmond -
Chesa Boudin, a deputy public defender whose life has been shaped by the criminal justice system, offers a new perspective in a campaign dominated by tough-on-crime candidates.
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Campaign Trail

Large, enthusiastic crowd welcomes Bernie Sanders to San Francisco

Haley Keizur -
Senator says it's pretty clear he is going to win California.
Read more
News + Politics

Homeless people — in cages

Tiny -
A poverty scholars national tour finds people locked up in St. Petersburg.
Read more
Culture

Join us for the Sixth Annual 48 Hills Spring Gala!

Marke B. -
On May 2, help independent, progressive journalism survive—and have a great time.
Read more
News + Politics

US news media totally missed the point on the Mueller report

Tim Redmond -
A Trump cabinet member and loyalist who says a sitting president can't be indicted says the president won't be indicted. That's hardly an "exoneration."
Read more
Foreign Correspondent

How the media distort news from Venezuela

Reese Erlich -
Most of the reporters are echoing the lines of the Trump Administration -- as if anything Trump says is credible.
Read more
Art Looks

‘Recycle’ artist Romanowski looks back ‘Every Now & Then’

Marke B. -
With a retrospective at 111 Minna, the iconic Lower Haight artist and musician presents 30 years of assemblages and collaged sounds.
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News + Politics

The view from a homeless shelter

michelle -
I am employed. I am clean. I have been living in a shelter for three years. I can't even go home when I'm sick or tired. Will someone give me a chance?
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All Ears

The sun hasn’t set yet on Sonny Smith’s SF

Daniel Bromfield -
The garage rock stalwart launches new label Rocks In Your Head and still believes deeply in the local scene.
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News + Politics

City College administration pushes dramatic cuts

Michael Toren -
Classes that define the school's mission are on the chopping block as the teachers' union fights back.
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News + Politics

Why market-rate housing makes the crisis worse

Tim Redmond -
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Topics

Homelessness

News + Politics

Homeless people — in cages

A poverty scholars national tour finds people locked up in St. Petersburg.
Tiny -
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News + Politics

How the Twitter tax break continues to damage San Francisco …

Tim Redmond -
... plus big city contracts that never got the proper oversight, smoking weed in public -- and Scott Wiener's plan to further gentrify San Francisco. That's The Agenda for March 11-17
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News + Politics

Cops continue homeless sweeps, even in the cold rain

Tim Redmond -
Tents are still being confiscated despite dangerous weather, police official admits at public hearing.
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News + Politics

The inhumanity of homeless ‘sweeps’

Tiny -
When did taking people's possessions, destroying their shelter, and leaving them to suffer in the rain become the new normal?
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News + Politics

The Democrats in Sacramento want to deregulate housing — but that has never worked

Tim Redmond -
The 'grand bargain' for Bay Area housing is a sham -- the developers get what they want, vulnerable communities get nothing. And homelessness continues to increase.
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Development

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Brazilian classics, the Gospel of Eureka, a Silicon Valley scam….

Campy Australian horror, RIP Albert Finney, a Chinese gangster epic, Albany Film Fest, and more in cinemas this week.
Dennis Harvey -
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News + Politics

How the Twitter tax break continues to damage San Francisco …

Tim Redmond -
... plus big city contracts that never got the proper oversight, smoking weed in public -- and Scott Wiener's plan to further gentrify San Francisco. That's The Agenda for March 11-17
Read more
News + Politics

The inhumanity of homeless ‘sweeps’

Tiny -
When did taking people's possessions, destroying their shelter, and leaving them to suffer in the rain become the new normal?
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Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Berlin & Beyond, Woman at War, The Mystery of Picasso ….

Dennis Harvey -
Mapplethorpe, Styx, Giant Little Ones, tributes to Delphine Seyrig and Hirokazu Kore-eda, and more in cinemas this week.
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Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Reptaliens, Spear of Destiny, V Vale….

Marke B. -
An epic Peter Murphy residency, Kitka, DJ Saoirse, Electric Church, Flashing After Dark, The Great SF Corn Dog Festival, and more.
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Evictions

News + Politics

How the Twitter tax break continues to damage San Francisco …

... plus big city contracts that never got the proper oversight, smoking weed in public -- and Scott Wiener's plan to further gentrify San Francisco. That's The Agenda for March 11-17
Tim Redmond -
Read more
News + Politics

The Democrats in Sacramento want to deregulate housing — but that has never worked

Tim Redmond -
The 'grand bargain' for Bay Area housing is a sham -- the developers get what they want, vulnerable communities get nothing. And homelessness continues to increase.
Read more
News + Politics

Has Breed made an impact on homelessness?

Tim Redmond -
The mayor brags that 1,000 people have left the streets since she took office. The real numbers are a bit more complicated.
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News + Politics

Will the state Democratic Party support public power?

Tim Redmond -
Plus: Kicking the NRA out of the SFPD, protecting the rights of minors to have a lawyer when they are questioned by the local cops -- and a Right of First Refusal for nonprofits to buy multi-family housing. That's The Agenda for Feb. 11-17.
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News + Politics

What the regional housing “compact” amounts to — so far

Zelda Bronstein -
Plenty of bills that will please developers and landlords; not so many for tenants and vulnerable communities.
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Activism

Lit

Race, labor, and activism on the waterfront

'Dockworker Power' explores how longshore workers on two sides of the world stood together in solidarity during the most racist, anti-leftist, and pro-capitalist period of the 20th century.
Alex Catsoulis -
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News + Politics

Community celebrates the life of Jeff Adachi

Tim Redmond -
More than 1,000 gather to mourn -- but also to insist that the public defender's legacy will continue.
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Onstage

Review: A marvelous Chinatown ride in ‘King of the Yees’

Elaine Elinson -
From a Sichuan Face Changer to an onstage 'Shrimp Boy,' Lauren Yee's play is a hilarious, thought-provoking experience.
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News + Politics

Building momentum and the Women’s March

Tim Redmond -
Plus: Newsom's got the housing crisis all wrong -- and SF negotiates with PG&E over CLeanPowerSF. That's The Agenda for Jan 21-28.
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Arts + Culture

Black Panthers, today: A 1968 photo series exploring the activists’ humanity finds significance in 2019

Caitlin Donohue -
SFAI students and contemporary Black artists re-contextualize Pirkle Jones and Ruth-Marion Baruch's influential and controversial images
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