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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.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Visions of liberation that don’t quite live up to legends

Dennis Harvey - September 28, 2020

'The Glorias' and 'I Am Woman' let subjects down, 'Native Son' gets noir revival, 'Sign of the Cross' goes over the top.

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

OPINION: Homeless sweeps and civil rights

Paul Boden - September 3, 2020

Earlier this summer, law student interns with the Systemic Justice Project worked with local organizers to create Know Your Rights pamphlets for ten communities...

Movies

Screen Grabs: Get a funky zap from ‘Mr. Soul!’

Dennis Harvey - August 28, 2020

One had hoped that the passage of over half a century from the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s would provide a view of...

Arts + Culture

Books: ‘Caste’ and the history of racism in the US

Ellen Chaitin - August 14, 2020

Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent has received acclaims from literary critics in addition to bringing Oprah to tears. The book presents...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Build your own silent film festival

Dennis Harvey - July 7, 2020

For years the San Francisco Silent Film Festival was a July event, and this summer would have marked its 25th anniversary—but due to you-know-what,...

Lit

Our publisher’s ‘must-read’ history of US protests is out now!

48 Hills - July 7, 2020

"Into the Streets: A Young Person's Visual History of Protest in the United States" by 48 Hills publisher and arts editor Marke B is...

News + Politics

COVID is devastating the US economy—while the very rich get very richer

Tim Redmond - July 5, 2020

My poor puppy hates the fireworks. They’re loud and unpredictable. There are many theories, some of them pretty out there, as to why so...

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