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Lit

Corporate propaganda has cost 90 percent of US residents $47 trillion. Here’s why

Tim Redmond - September 15, 2023

Eminent science historian Naomi Oreskes talks about business, government, and her groundbreaking new book, 'The Big Myth.'

Drug policy

Breed continues to push arrests as solution to substance-abuse issues

Tim Redmond - September 13, 2023

Evidence shows this policy never works as right-wingers continue to push their attacks on local judges

Stage Review

Despite funky promise, ‘Hippest Trip’ plays like Black history written by ChatGPT

Charles Lewis III - September 13, 2023

'Soul Train' tribute at ACT jumps the rails when it comes to representation, power, and even music

The Agenda

Armed guards, public safety, the future of Laguna Honda Hospital …

Tim Redmond - September 10, 2023

... plus a discussion on the need for district elections of supervisors. That's The Agenda for Sept. 10-17

Crime

The right-wing forces can’t blame their DA or their mayor, so they are attacking judges

Tim Redmond - September 7, 2023

Ousting Chesa Boudin and creating a new War on Drugs isn't working, so now they are seeking someone else to blame

City Hall

State Supreme Court rules in favor of district elections for local government

Tim Redmond - September 4, 2023

Ruling could be a blow to billionaire efforts to take control of San Francisco.

Dance

‘Desire for fullness’ leads Megan Lowe to explore dance through biracial identity

Mary Carbonara - August 23, 2023

Choreographer's 'Gathering Pieces of Peace' foregrounds stories of fractured selves and longing.

Stage Review

World’s longest poem gets a speedy, sassy retelling in ‘Mahābhārata’

Charles Lewis III - August 17, 2023

At Z Space, J Jha shines as production's sole interpreter of boundless Indian mythology.

Opinion

‘The system is broken’

Robert Gumpert - August 15, 2023

A photographer working with homeless people reflects on the utter failure of the city's sweeps and housing policy.

Music

Free jazz fire: The well-deserved hype over Irreversible Entanglements signing to Impulse

John-Paul Shiver - August 15, 2023

With a new home among legends, the punkish quintet now has an explicit connection to Miles Davis' death stare.

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