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Movies

Screen Grabs: A fantastical hybrid from Ivory Coast in ‘Night of the Kings,’ more

Dennis Harvey - February 25, 2021

While the increased demand for streaming content hasn’t greatly diversified the mainstream—Amazon Prime Video just announced a severe curtailing in its documentary acquisitions, a...

Nightlife

With Virgil’s closure, SF loses another great queer space

Marke B. - February 24, 2021

Owner Lila Thirkield reveals details about hurdles her beloved small bar faced as pandemic shut it down.

Labor

The push for $15 an hour

Garrett Leahy - February 24, 2021

Local demonstration joins national movement calling on senators to support increase in minimum wage.

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: After COVID, a polar bear swims again

David McGuire - February 24, 2021

An open-water swimmer returns to the freezing sea, savoring the breath of life.

News + Politics

Supes call for investigation of Ferris Wheel money

Tim Redmond - February 23, 2021

Revenue goes not to the city, but to a private entity that's part of an FBI corruption probe.

Lit

Literary lion Ferlinghetti exits, but his community legacy roars on

Marke B. - February 23, 2021

Thoughts on Lawrence's passing—and how his heroic drive still resonates in SF, even now.

COVID

Will Cuba have faster vaccinations than the US?

Stuart Blackwell - February 22, 2021

The tiny island nation with universal health care has its own vaccine, and could protect its people before the US does.

Art

WPA, but make it COVID: Artists document pandemic for city time capsule

Caitlin Donohue - February 22, 2021

At COVID-19 Command Center, four artists-in-residence record SF's response for future generations.

The Agenda

Denmark, taxes, happiness, racism …

Tim Redmond - February 21, 2021

... plus saving the SIP hotels, cracking down on serial permit scofflaws, and more problems with private prisons. That's The Agenda for Feb. 22-28

Education

Teaching Behind the Mask: Overcoming stereotypes to promote change

Chandler Graddick - February 21, 2021

Public schools, private schools, privilege, and how I became an early-childhood educator.

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