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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.

Music

Unsung women of music? Not if this online course has a say

Caitlin Donohue - February 16, 2021

Mark Montgomery French offers a sneak peek of his essential class on the musical greats the industry tends to forget

News + Politics

Exposing the toxic crisis at Treasure Island

Tim Redmond - February 7, 2021

Plus: Will the Police Commission finally pass reforms -- and will it matter? That's The Agenda for Feb. 8-14

News + Politics

Are SF departments ‘corruption resilient?’

Tim Redmond - February 4, 2021

Despite assurances from the Controller's Office, it sure doesn't look that way.

Performance

Tony Bennett is battling Alzheimer’s—here’s a quick story about his greatness

Bruce Mirken - February 3, 2021

17 years ago, the big band legend unexpectedly rocked the house at the Bridge School benefit.

Movies

Screen Grabs: What do we want? Bleak, rewarding films from the former USSR!

Dennis Harvey - January 28, 2021

Intense government cover-up drama Dear Comrades!, Atlantis, Beginning, and Tarkovsky's 'Mirror' restored

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