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Conservatorship: The new ‘ugly laws’

Tiny - December 17, 2018

“This (conservatorship law) sounds like slavery to me,” Memphis, houseless poverty skola reporter for POOR Magazine’s RoofLESS radio, reported after a terrifying town hall on...

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The reality about Nancy Pelosi …

Tim Redmond - November 25, 2018

When Nancy Pelosi became speaker of the House in 2007, Washington news media started calling me. The right wing was going nuts; Pelosi, they...

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On Veterans Day, let’s also remember those who fought for the right to dissent

Elaine Elinson - November 11, 2018

When Robert Simmons, an African American man from Savannah, Georgia, was brought to the foggy, windswept island of Alcatraz in the winter of 1918,...

Campaign Trail

Is everyone at City Hall incompetent?

Tim Redmond - September 16, 2018

I will stipulate that the BART Station at 16thStreet is dirty. But it seems a bit of a stretch to say that because of...

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A terrible week at the Supreme Court — and it could get even worse

Tim Redmond - June 27, 2018

It’s been a very bad week at the US Supreme Court – and it could get a whole lot worse. Justice Anthony Kennedy was the...

Lit

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

James De Julius - 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...

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Police Commission meets behind closed doors on Tasers

Sarah Lapidus and Tim Redmond - June 14, 2018

The Police Commission went into closed session to discuss Taser policy as a labor issue Wednesday, just a week after the defeat of Proposition...

News + Politics

The Agenda: Standing up to the cops

Tim Redmond - April 29, 2018

Tuesday/1is International Workers Day, celebrated in countries around the globe, but not (officially) in the United States. It’s also the day when 48hills celebrates...

Tenant Troubles

Tenant Troubles: Can my landlord spy on me?

Dave Crow - April 18, 2018

Editors note: Tenant lawyer Dave Crow is here every Wednesday to answer your questions. Email askdave@48hills.org I’m a 14-year rent controlled tenant in the TenderNob....

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Media outlets sue over death penalty secrets

Tim Redmond - April 11, 2018

Attorneys for 48hills, the Los Angeles Times, and KQED filed suit in federal court today to demand that the entire process of the state’s...

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Conservatorship: The new ‘ugly laws’

The reality about Nancy Pelosi …

On Veterans Day, let’s also remember those who fought for the right to dissent

Is everyone at City Hall incompetent?

A terrible week at the Supreme Court — and it could get even worse

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

Police Commission meets behind closed doors on Tasers

The Agenda: Standing up to the cops

Tenant Troubles: Can my landlord spy on me?

Media outlets sue over death penalty secrets

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