RIP, the Notorious RBG
How one woman, one petite woman with a mighty intellect and a grit true to her Brooklyn roots, became not just a role model, but a revered symbol of the struggle for women’s equality.
OPINION: What a protest looks like without police
At a DSA march, community activists cleared the streets and provided medical attention.
OPINION: Homeless sweeps and civil rights
Earlier this summer, law student interns with the Systemic Justice Project worked with local organizers to create Know Your Rights pamphlets for ten communities banded together in the Stop...
How to move forward on improving the Castro—and all queer nightlife
This is part two of a two-part essay on how Castro nightlife can be improved for queer Black people and people of color. Read part one here.
What does it...
Government of the rich, by the rich, and for the rich
Editor's note: Plan Bay Area, a joint effort of the Association of Bay Area Governments and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, is creating a "blueprint" of strategies to guide growth...
Castro nightlife must change if we are to move forward after COVID
Nightlife as we know it is dead.
In the late summer of 2020 we must all be aware that we will not return to Saturday night drinks in the Castro...
OPINION: Defunding the police is just one step
Black Lives Matter and other abolitionist groups are leading communities across the country to recognize that the criminal justice system is a powerhouse of violence and white supremacy.
Policing was...
OPINION: Keep transit lanes for public transit
The SFMTA Board of Directors will hold a special meeting Tuesday/30 to consider, among other items, the creation of temporary emergency transit lanes. We need to tell the board...
Pride is a defense of Black bodies, and always has been
This year is Pride 50 — or it was supposed to be.
When San Francisco Pride, for which I am President of the Board of Directors, canceled its long-planned Parade...
People protested peacefully — and things got worse
Look these damn people tearing up their community...burning shit... what does all this rioting accomplish?
I’m not sure -- but when people were kicking up dust in places like Hong...
