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Looking for a hot gay connection? ‘Ask Any Buddy’

Johnny Ray Huston - June 24, 2020

As titles go, Ask Any Buddy is evocative. On its surface, it brings up the idea of acquiring knowledge or answers through communication with...

Lit

In Phuc Tran’s memoir: grammar, tattoos, and the refugee experience

Emily Wilson - June 24, 2020

When Phuc Tran, who will be in conversation with author Viet Thanh Nguyen this Fri/26 evening, was asked to do a TEDx talk a...

Arts + Culture

A renowned shop says ‘no’ to reopening just yet

Marke B. - June 15, 2020

Despite a surge of cases in the Bay Area, San Francisco seems full steam ahead on reopening its businesses and services. This weekend bars...

Business + Tech

The plutonium of Artificial Intelligence could be coming to a city near you

Tim Kingston - June 10, 2020

Of all the tools of mass surveillance deployed by law enforcement, private industry and the federal government, Facial Recognition Technology poses by far the...

Culture

How teachers leapt inequity hurdles when COVID shut schools

Emily Wilson - June 4, 2020

Reynaldo Dulaney, who teaches Ethnic Studies, Leadership, and Advanced Placement US History at Thurgood Marshall Academic High School, says the quick switch from teaching...

Art

See Black Women emphasizes ‘who gets counted,’ in Census and beyond

Emily Wilson - May 25, 2020

A two-part conversation called See Black Women, part of Art+Action’s Come to Your Census campaign, is calling attention to Black women's often overlooked contributions to...

Culture

Tom Ammiano’s feisty new memoir tells all, from Milk to mayoral run

Marke B. - May 7, 2020

In 'Kiss My Gay Ass,' the eminent politico, activist, comedian, teacher, and personality spills the tea.

Lit

A Drag Queen Story Hour star and activist publishes her own kids’ book

Joshua Rotter - May 5, 2020

For the majority of Americans, drag queens are performers they catch every Friday night on RuPaul’s Drag Race or at their local gay bar...

Wendy Macnaughton’s #DrawTogether brings art (and needed supplies) to kids

Emily Wilson - May 4, 2020

When people were asked to stay at home as much as possible due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Wendy Macnaughton wanted to do something to...

Culture

Screen Grabs: Great new docs, from global inequality to SF thrash metal

Dennis Harvey - April 30, 2020

Though the impulse for many during times of stress is to escape into fictional entertainment—or something “stranger than fiction,” like Tiger King—nonfiction can prove...

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Looking for a hot gay connection? ‘Ask Any Buddy’

In Phuc Tran’s memoir: grammar, tattoos, and the refugee experience

A renowned shop says ‘no’ to reopening just yet

The plutonium of Artificial Intelligence could be coming to a city near you

How teachers leapt inequity hurdles when COVID shut schools

See Black Women emphasizes ‘who gets counted,’ in Census and beyond

Tom Ammiano’s feisty new memoir tells all, from Milk to mayoral run

A Drag Queen Story Hour star and activist publishes her own kids’ book

Wendy Macnaughton’s #DrawTogether brings art (and needed supplies) to kids

Screen Grabs: Great new docs, from global inequality to SF thrash metal

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