Divisive Archives

Movies

Screen Grabs: Strap yourself in for a harrowing ‘Civil War’

Dennis Harvey - April 10, 2024

Plus: 'The Beast,' 'The People's Joker,' 'Arcadian,' 'Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World,' more new movies

Music

Under the Stars: Forget Macy’s—look to our musical ecosystem for SF’s revival

John-Paul Shiver - March 20, 2024

When I attended Sweater Funk, the iconic San Francisco night that celebrates boogie, two-step, and modern funk—strictly on vinyl, mind you—on March 2, it...

Movies

Screen Grabs: High-tail it to ‘Hundreds of Beavers’

Dennis Harvey - February 22, 2024

Hilarious and chewy. Plus: Jewish Film Institute Winterfest animates Ann Frank, James Baldwin scathes US

Protest

Artists alter, deface their own work at YBCA to protest Gaza silence and decry censorship

Marke B. - February 19, 2024

'Love Letter to Gaza' action calls out institution for not speaking up and allegedly muzzling artists.

Campaign Trail

Event shows widespread political support for Prop. A, affordable housing bond

Tim Redmond - January 16, 2024

Lively kickoff focuses on unity; turnout will be key, and Breed's right-wing measures aren't helping.

Housing

The Chron, voting rights, and district elections

Tim Redmond - December 28, 2023

If the state Legislature starts to see district elections of local legislators as a Nimby problem, the oligarchs in SF will rejoice.

Protest

Huge crowd shows up to support Preston-Ronen resolution on Gaza ceasefire

Tim Redmond - December 7, 2023

More than 2,000 descend on City Hall to pressure Biden Administration to push for an end to the killing.

News + Politics

The local record and legacy of Dianne Feinstein

Tim Redmond - October 2, 2023

Let's celebrate her accomplishments. But there's another story that needs to be told. I was there.

City Hall

Lies, damn lies, and the new ‘report’ on San Francisco government

Calvin Welch - August 28, 2023

Ignore the realities of SF politics. Ignore a wide-ranging corruption scandal. Just go after district elections. That's what the Rose Institute, funded by Michael Moritz, is doing.

Music

Still Pleasure Victims: Berlin swings into the Bay to take our breath away

Joshua Rotter - August 16, 2023

David Diamond of the '80s favorites on touring with Boy George, crushing on Tom Cruise, and retooling their biggest hit

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