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Google workers walk out to protest Muslim ban

Tim Redmond - January 30, 2017

The fury over Trump’s Muslim ban moved to the tech industry today as thousands of Google workers in San Francisco, Seattle and Mountainview walked...

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The Agenda, Jan 23-30: Trump and the media, SROs and Central SoMa

Tim Redmond - January 22, 2017

You have to give the New York Times credit: The front-page headline Sunday/21 reads “Slamming media, Trump advances two falsehoods.” The story makes clear...

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Coming in FRESH

Caitlin Donohue - January 4, 2017

ONSTAGE The piece Bay Area dancer and educator Amara Tabor-Smith will perform this weekend at the 2017 FRESH Festival explores how capitalism seeks control of black...

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Local housing: A little reality

John Elberling - January 1, 2017

Reading the superficial year-end wrap-ups and “expert commentary” about the city’s housing situation in the local press this week is making my head hurt....

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Five ways to fight illegal Airbnb units

Jennifer Fieber - December 28, 2016

Despite the rhetoric coming out from moderates in City Hall or from Airbnb itself, illegal short-term rentals are still a problem for San Francisco...

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A militant in pink slippers: Remembering an eviction fighter

Ron Winter - December 14, 2016

Mary Elizabeth Phillips was the reluctant media star of San Francisco’s eviction epidemic. And now, she has quietly passed into the vibrant history of...

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Wiener’s first bill could set off housing war

Tim Redmond - December 9, 2016

State Senator Scott Wiener has wasted no time in wading into the statewide housing wars – just as affordable housing advocates have released a...

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Homelessness and colonial media

Tiny - December 7, 2016

"The Homeless caused the fires, they are always leaving trash and causing a mess everywhere they go," read the headline scrolling across the...

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The Media Homeless Project: Is it working?

Tim Redmond - December 6, 2016

Back in June, at the instigation of Chronicle Editor Audrey Cooper, more than 70 media organizations put out hundreds of stories on the homeless...

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The SF election: What happened?

Calvin Welch - December 2, 2016

The 2016 election may well be a turning point in our national and local politics. The problem is that it’s unclear what direction the...

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