Economic Inequality Archives - Page 4 of 14

Crime

The new War on Drugs isn’t working any better than the old one did ….

Tim Redmond - October 30, 2023

But Breed and Jenkins are pushing to make it worse. We have seen this before and it ended very badly.

Housing

The Yimbys are winning the media narrative, and that’s bad for all of us

Tim Redmond - October 16, 2023

Why are no local reporters willing to look beyond the simple (inaccurate) slogans and talk about the facts?

Art Review

A view of ‘Bay Area Now 9’: Protective orishas, booming speakers, and complex queries

Charles Lewis III - October 16, 2023

30 Bay Area creatives receive their due inside the well-resourced art institution's walls.

Homelessness

Billionaires file legal brief attacking the unhoused in SF

Tim Redmond - October 8, 2023

While city fails to train staff on sweeps, the people who created this crisis are asking the Supreme Court to blame the victims.

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.

Housing

A chron oped on the housing hearing is wrong, and signals a new attack on the supes

Tim Redmond - September 27, 2023

Board members asked for a modest delay to consider the mayor's amendments to a complex housing bill. The Chron talks of "Nimbys."

Campaign Trail

Twitter trolls attack Preston for the most common sense approach on crime

Tim Redmond - September 22, 2023

The Big Money assault on progressive politics is gearing up for 2024.

Movies

Screen Grabs: In ‘Dumb Money,’ Hollywood finally indicts Wall Street greed—and it’s fun

Dennis Harvey - September 20, 2023

Plus: Twisty French black comedy- thriller 'The Origin of Evil' gives a lot of bang for your buck.

Lit

Corporate propaganda has cost 90 percent of US residents $47 trillion. Here’s why

Tim Redmond - September 15, 2023

Eminent science historian Naomi Oreskes talks about business, government, and her groundbreaking new book, 'The Big Myth.'

News + Politics

Nancy Pelosi is getting two more years. Maybe she can help SF with housing money

Tim Redmond - September 11, 2023

Is it all about her daughter taking her seat—or, for a change, will she use her clout to bring federal cash to SF for affordable housing?

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