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Campaign Trail

Harris plays to the center; Pence plays to the base

Tim Redmond - October 8, 2020

It's sad that the Democratic Party feels it has to defend fracking and hide from the Green New Deal.

Campaign Trail

Wiener tries to look progressive in debate

Tim Redmond - October 4, 2020

But that requires a bit of historical revisionism, since his record has always been very moderate on police, housing, and homelessness.

Housing

Planning commission rejects condo plan for building where seniors were evicted

Tim Redmond - October 1, 2020

In a 3-3 vote (the supes appointees on one side, the mayor's on the other) panel refuses to give financial windfall to owners a property where Ellis Act eviction took place.

Art

“Housing Black” muralist Malik Seneferu talks of his next wall and visions of the possible

Maddy Clifford - October 1, 2020

The multimedia creative and incarcerated youth educator on art-borne futures; "You have to know how to create, and you have to get comfortable with the hypothetical."

Music

Why the super deluxe re-release of Prince’s ‘Sign o’ the Times’ matters

John-Paul Shiver - September 30, 2020

The genius of The Revolution, the perfect career alchemy of a prolific legend rising from the ashes—a comprehensive look at why we hail 'SOTT.'

Homelessness

Racist citations for minor offenses criminalize homeless people

Tim Redmond - September 30, 2020

New study looks at non-traffic citations, which can lead to arrests for behavior that wealthy white people engage in every day.

News + Politics

‘How many times does this guy have to show us who he is?’

Tim Redmond - September 29, 2020

Trump refuses to denounce white supremacists in the worst presidential debate ever.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Who will live in cities? Who will save our parks?

Dennis Harvey - September 24, 2020

Political docs 'Push' and "Public Trust' raise unique yet urgent questions, and go beyond the usual 'You better vote' message

Nightlife

Club mogul accused of vigilante homeless sweep says he did nothing wrong

Marke B. - September 23, 2020

Peter Glikshtern says he called private trash crew to encampment, insists he was justified by city inaction.

Homelessness

The privilege of breathing

Tiny - September 11, 2020

How can you shelter in place when you have no shelter?

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