99 Percent Archives

Media

Media Week: The attacks on San Francisco have begun

Tim Redmond - August 6, 2024

Plus: Some advice from Bernie Sanders—and how the NY Times missed the point on the A.I revolution.

Campaign Trail

GOP delegates headed for Milwaukee—and protesters are there to meet them

JJ Lansing and Trista Ngo - July 14, 2024

Thousands expected to take on Trump agenda as Republican National Convention opens

Labor

Occupy San Francisco was a game-changer

Tim Paulson - September 19, 2021

Ten years later, remembering the movement that gave us "We are the 99 percent" and put economic inequality on the national agenda.

Business + Tech

Excess profits tax on billionaires could vaccinate the entire world

Tim Redmond - August 12, 2021

New study shows just how much richer the rich got in the pandemic—and what could be done if we taxed some of that unearned wealth.

Culture

Ho ho ho, don’t miss these fabulous holiday shows

Joshua Rotter - December 8, 2020

Golden Girls, Nutcrackers, an anti-inequity 'Red Carol,' Peaches Christ, and Kung Pao galore for your seasonal delectation.

Homelessness

Old SF money backing stealthy new right-wing group

Tim Redmond - August 31, 2020

Most start-up political organizations like a splash. They hold news events, press conferences, big galas to say: We have arrived. This is who we...

News + Politics

COVID is devastating the US economy—while the very rich get very richer

Tim Redmond - July 5, 2020

My poor puppy hates the fireworks. They’re loud and unpredictable. There are many theories, some of them pretty out there, as to why so...

Mark Kozelek’s latest intricate wander, through Aquatic Park to ‘Isaac Hayes’

Daniel Bromfield - April 28, 2020

“Some people are gonna get it, but some won’t.” This observation about art comes from one of the countless conversations Mark Kozelek has with...

News + Politics

Facebook money and California housing

Zelda Bronstein - May 29, 2019

On January 24, 2019, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the limited liability company founded by Dr. Priscilla Chan and her husband, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg,...

Campaign Trail

Large, enthusiastic crowd welcomes Bernie Sanders to San Francisco

Haley Keizur - March 25, 2019

Adults, teens, children and their pets gathered in Green Meadow Park near Fort Mason on a sunny Sunday afternoon March 24. Sen. Bernie Sanders...

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