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Housing

Wiener’s housing bill could encourage even more sprawl

Zelda Bronstein - July 20, 2021

Read the fine print: Obscene development in Tassajara Valley could qualify for special protection under SB 10.

News + Politics

Supes panel appoints three community-based progressives to redistricting panel

Tim Redmond - July 19, 2021

Move will counter the Elections Commission's appointments, all of whom are allies of the mayor, in what could be a major gerrymandering fight.

News + Politics

The future of the Board of Supes is on the line as redistricting moves forward

Tim Redmond - July 16, 2021

A city task force will draw new district lines for the next decade. The mayor's allies already have members. The supes pick three this week.

News + Politics

And yet we signed: Behind the letter to the president of Nicaragua

Elaine Elinson - July 15, 2021

Hundreds who spent the 1980s doing Sandinista solidarity work are now condemning Daniel Ortega's new wave of political repression. Here's why.

Movies

Questlove’s ‘Summer of Soul’ purposefully hands 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival its flowers

John-Paul Shiver - July 11, 2021

This was an unparalleled summit of Black art.

Education

How pre-schoolers can learn about society’s biases — and respond

Eliana Elias and Barbra Blender - July 6, 2021

Teaching Behind the Mask: A discussion of anti-bias curriculum and its role in early childhood education.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Final chapter of ‘Purge’ series is an eerie echo of modern chaos

Dennis Harvey - July 5, 2021

'The Forever Purge' is not subtle. But then, we are not living in gently-nuanced cultural times.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Recalling that very oddball cinematic year, 1971

Dennis Harvey - July 1, 2021

What's in theaters—then and now. Plus" 'I Carry You With Me,' 'Scenes from an Empty Church,' more

Art

Review: In ‘GOLEM,’ Jewish folklore meets ecological disaster—and it’s funny?

Genevieve Quick - June 30, 2021

In "GOLEM: A Call to Action" (through December 5), The Contemporary Jewish Museum presents three videos by Los Angeles artist Julie Weitz. All of...

Education

New interim chancellor faces immediate challenges at City College

Garrett Leahy - June 29, 2021

Some union members wary as longtime administrator seeks to address crucial contract and enrollment issues this summer.

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Wiener’s housing bill could encourage even more sprawl

Supes panel appoints three community-based progressives to redistricting panel

The future of the Board of Supes is on the line as redistricting moves forward

And yet we signed: Behind the letter to the president of Nicaragua

Questlove’s ‘Summer of Soul’ purposefully hands 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival its flowers

How pre-schoolers can learn about society’s biases — and respond

Screen Grabs: Final chapter of ‘Purge’ series is an eerie echo of modern chaos

Screen Grabs: Recalling that very oddball cinematic year, 1971

Review: In ‘GOLEM,’ Jewish folklore meets ecological disaster—and it’s funny?

New interim chancellor faces immediate challenges at City College

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