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Business + Tech

Can Big Tech really be regulated?

Amy Howerska - March 15, 2021

Hate speech and misinformation has multiplied and been weaponized -- but that may be changing.

News + Politics

No “Happy Women’s Day” at Mexico City’s radical March 8 protests

Caitlin Donohue - March 11, 2021

With powerful determination, feminists faced down the metal walls rape apologist President AMLO built to keep them under control.

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent: Biden drops bombs in the Middle East

Reese Erlich - March 5, 2021

The new president continues the failed policies of his predecessors.

Housing

Supes reject condos where seniors were evicted

Tim Redmond - March 2, 2021

Crucial vote sends a message that a building cleared by the Ellis Act will never get a lucrative permit.

Art

In a year of protest and change, YBCA 100 highlights vital activist-artists

Emily Wilson - March 1, 2021

The annual list of honorees focuses on organizers, educators, and creators whose work reaches deep into community.

The Agenda

A varsity letter at 79, a rally to free Malik ….

Tim Redmond - February 28, 2021

... plus saving homeless hotel rooms -- and should people who bought a building cleared by eviction get a financial bonus? That's The Agenda for March 1-8

Homelessness

The bad narrative of ‘bad choices’

Tiny - February 25, 2021

It's an easy way to look away and blame homelessness on poor people.

Labor

The push for $15 an hour

Garrett Leahy - February 24, 2021

Local demonstration joins national movement calling on senators to support increase in minimum wage.

Housing

SPUR, Yimbys say stealth state laws can force more housing

Zelda Bronstein - February 17, 2021

But what happens if developers don't want to build anything but luxury condos -- and maybe not even those?

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: A rousing celebration of Black History Month

Dennis Harvey - February 16, 2021

SF Urban Film Festival, Pan African Film Festival, an Edward Owens showcase—plus a new release with LaKeith Stanfield as a Panther plant.

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