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Art

Trained in 18th-century Indian technique, Rupy C. Tut paints women facing today’s challenges

Mary Corbin - October 12, 2023

Burnished works on hemp paper honor self-reflection, even amid global tragedy.

Housing

Mayor’s housing bill still needs lots of work, community leaders and supes say

Tim Redmond - October 4, 2023

Sweeping proposal defies Housing Element language, threatens tenants—and does nothing for affordable housing, committee members point out.

News + Politics

The local record and legacy of Dianne Feinstein

Tim Redmond - October 2, 2023

Let's celebrate her accomplishments. But there's another story that needs to be told. I was there.

Dance

The Town blooms in Misty Copeland and Leyla Fayyaz’s dance film ‘Flower’

Emily Wilson - September 20, 2023

Produced by Nelson George, the short feature celebrates organized resistance in the face of community displacement.

Housing

Tenants, community rally against Breed’s developer-friendly housing bill

Tim Redmond - September 16, 2023

Evictions, demolition, displacement—and no affordable housing. That's The Agenda for Sept. 17-24

Arts + Culture

A revitalized Mission mural—and some lessons from the history of BART

Tim Redmond - September 10, 2023

Michael Rios art event reminds us of the displacement and gentrification that the train system caused in the neighborhood.

City Hall

Lies, damn lies, and the new ‘report’ on San Francisco government

Calvin Welch - August 28, 2023

Ignore the realities of SF politics. Ignore a wide-ranging corruption scandal. Just go after district elections. That's what the Rose Institute, funded by Michael Moritz, is doing.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Two tough films focus on the people hit hard by economic inequality

Dennis Harvey - August 16, 2023

Great examinations of working class erosion ('Between Two Worlds') and family opioid addiction ('Stay Awake')

Opinion

‘The system is broken’

Robert Gumpert - August 15, 2023

A photographer working with homeless people reflects on the utter failure of the city's sweeps and housing policy.

Drug policy

The myth of drug cartels is a cover for state-sanctioned violence

Caitlin Donohue - August 11, 2023

Author Oswaldo Zavala says the way we think about Mexican narcos is all wrong

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