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Nothing like this has ever happened before

Tim Redmond - January 21, 2017

The scenes from around the world were stunning. I had expected a large turnout – something on the order of the spring protests against...

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LIVEBLOG: #WomensMarch protests around the Bay

Sana Saleem - January 21, 2017

As hundreds of thousands gather in Washington DC today the Bay Area is host to multiple Women's March protests against the new President, Donald...

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#120hours Day 2: Protestors tell district attorney ‘do your job’

Sana Saleem - January 17, 2017

On the second day of the #120hours of action, 11 San Francisco natives are still sitting in across the road from City Hall. Tents...

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#120hours Day 1: Activist camp in front of City Hall

Sana Saleem - January 17, 2017

As part of the Bay Area #120hours of action to mark #MLKDAY and the upcoming inauguration of President-elect Trump, protestors occupied space outside Civic Center Plaza with...

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The Agenda, Inauguration Week: How and where to protest Trump

Tim Redmond - January 15, 2017

I first heard about Aeon Magazine on the Freakonomics radio show, when the host, Stephen Dubner, interviewed these two historians about the importance of...

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Homelessness: the media’s big problem

Tim Redmond - June 29, 2016

These are some of the headlines we saw in the San Francisco Chronicle this past year: “San Francisco’s summer of urine and drug-addicted homeless.” “Amid rising...

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Black Lives Matter, others pull out of SF Pride Parade

Marke B. - June 24, 2016

Three major participants have dropped out of this year's SF Pride parade, after the SF Pride organization announced earlier this week that it would...

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