Bay Bridge Archives

Labor

Occupy San Francisco was a game-changer

Tim Paulson - September 19, 2021

Ten years later, remembering the movement that gave us "We are the 99 percent" and put economic inequality on the national agenda.

Lit

In ‘Plexiglass,’ a poet illuminates voices of the incarcerated

Margo Perin - August 27, 2021

A new volume offers a critique of the criminal justice system through the lens of prison writing workshops

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: No big parade, but Pride season’s already busting out the wigs and rainbows

Marke B. - May 27, 2021

Giant pink triangle, Oaklash, gay ballet, drag dance, Queer Women of Color Film Fest, more add abundant sparkle

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

COVID

Protest caravan demands Newsom release vulnerable prisoners

Garrett Leahy - January 31, 2021

More than half the state's prison population is positive for COVID -- and they don't need to die.

New Music: Chroma’s ‘Source of Nurture’ comp features East Bay faves

John-Paul Shiver - June 26, 2020

When Chroma—the NYC collective and creative agency that advocates for centering the work and experience of womxn of color—reached out to DJ-producers Lara Sarkissian and 8ULENTINA, along with...

Culture

This year, the giant Pink Triangle bursts into 2700 twinkling lights

Joshua Rotter - June 12, 2020

Other cities have their Pride parades, rainbow flags, and disco ball balloons. Only San Francisco has the Pink Triangle. Over the past 25 years, San...

News + Politics

Facebook money pushes Chiu housing bill

Zelda Bronstein - August 17, 2019

48 hills’ “Facebook money and California housing” series delves into the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s multi-million-dollar funding of the pro-growth shadow government that’s reshaping California...

Exclusive

Uber’s plans include attacking public transit

Tim Redmond - May 6, 2019

Uber has acknowledged in a federal filing that its long-term goal is to privatize public transportation around the world. In a document filed with the...

News + Politics

Regional planners mount a quiet coup to promote developers and attack vulnerable communities

Zelda Bronstein - January 3, 2019

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission has been planning a coup. Not the putsch kind of coup, where armed insurgents overthrow a duly constituted government, but an...

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