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Supes approve bill mandating hotel rooms, now

Tim Redmond - April 14, 2020

The Board of Supes directly defied Mayor London Breed today and passed unanimously an emergency bill that mandates the city immediately secure 8,250 hotel...

Culture

SF Pride Parade and Celebration cancelled on 50th anniversary

Marke B. - April 14, 2020

San Francisco Pride announced today that it is cancelling this year's June Parade and Celebration—the largest in the Western United States—as COVID continues to...

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent: Here comes the recession

Reese Erlich - April 10, 2020

The current recession was triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. But after 11 years of economic boom, a capitalist bust was inevitable. And it’s being...

News + Politics

Who’s to ‘blame’ for our failures to respond to this crisis?

Tim Redmond - April 9, 2020

Politico recently put out an email blast asking “who’s to blame” for the COVID pandemic: The Olympics Games are postponed, but the Coronavirus Blame Games are...

News + Politics

Mexico and COVID: So far from god, so close to the epicenter

Caitlin Donohue - April 8, 2020

MEXICO CITY, MEX. — I’m healthy and housed and I hope you and yours are safe. I wanted to write my first Letter From...

News + Politics

Where’s the money for health care and saving the planet? Well, we clearly have it

Christopher D. Cook - March 30, 2020

With an unprecedented $2 trillion economic stabilization package at last finalized, and a flood of cash and credit emanating from the government to stem the...

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent: US beats the drums of war in Iran

Reese Erlich - March 29, 2020

While the world focuses on the coronavirus pandemic, tensions between the US and Iran are heating up. The two countries are engaging in tit-for-tat military...

News + Politics

Who’s going to pay for the stimulus bill?

Tim Redmond - March 26, 2020

I was talking to a friend the other day about the stimulus bill, and we agreed that the most important thing Congress could do...

News + Politics

Everyone has to sacrifice in these tough times — except the 1 percent

Tim Redmond - March 20, 2020

The governor told us last night that Californians all have to work together to prevent a greater public-health disaster. He said that “we are...

Arts + Culture

Arts workers struggling after performances are cancelled and venues closed

Garrett Leahy - March 15, 2020

UPDATE: We are keeping a running list of artist and worker resources here, as well as including the opportunity for those affected by the...

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