Capitalism Archives - Page 8 of 18

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

Elections

The most important political story of 2020 that nearly every campaign is ignoring

Tim Redmond - September 16, 2020

The very rich stole $50 trillion from the rest of us in the past 45 years. Why aren't we all outraged?

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Heavy themes for heavy times

Dennis Harvey - September 8, 2020

New movies: Social media manipulation, voter suppression, deportation, white nationalism... Oh, and Suzi Quatro!

News + Politics

The air is bad all over the city. It’s way worse in Bayview Hunters Point

Tom Molanphy - September 2, 2020

Although unhealthy air quality canceled the car parade to City Hall to Mayor Breed’s office, a small but devoted group of 30 Bayview Hunters...

Homelessness

Epic Sacramento showdown over looming eviction tsunami

John Elberling - August 23, 2020

In an important State Capitol legislative shift, on Thursday Berkeley Assemblymember Nancy Skinner agreed to amend her controversial housing bill, AB1085. She said she will...

Business + Tech

How Big Philanthropy undermines democracy

Tim Redmond - July 29, 2020

I have never believed that Big Philanthropy was the solution to economic inequality. The very, very rich give money to organizations and institutions that...

Onstage

Take that, 2020: The Mime Troupe pivots to web

Caitlin Donohue - July 20, 2020

It’s a rough time for live theater. As San Francisco arts organizations brainstorm ways to carry their message into the COVID era, some of...

Cartoonist Tanna Tucker creates works of art to celebrate voices of incarcerated kids

Maddy Clifford - July 20, 2020

Last May, Governor Gavin Newsom announced a plan to close California’s state-run youth prisons, an initiative that has since been stalled. But San Francisco...

News + Politics

We don’t need to ‘get back to work’

Steven T. Jones - June 22, 2020

People are dying to get back to work, top Republicans have been saying for the last month, justifying efforts to force the U.S. economy...

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...

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