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Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Should you even go out?

Marke B. - March 11, 2020

UPDATE: Right after we published this, the governor advised against small gatherings until the end of March—and requesting that events including people at high-risk...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: A major director quietly remakes the Western

Dennis Harvey - March 10, 2020

Austerity is not a quality greatly prized in commercial filmmaking. While we may revere them now, it’s worth remembering that such leading cinematic minimalist...

Housing

Stopping evictions and price-gouging in the coronavirus crisis

Tim Redmond - March 8, 2020

Sup. Dean Preston is calling for a moratorium on all evictions in San Francisco during the coronavirus outbreak. And District Attorney Chesa Boudin has...

Housing

Affordable housing is a great bargain for SF

Calvin Welch - March 5, 2020

A recent New York Times article, headlined "Why Does it Cost $750,000 to Build Affordable Housing in San Francisco," continues the Gray Lady's endless...

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign correspondent: Hardliners win in Iran but turnout was extremely low

Reese Erlich - February 28, 2020

TEHRAN—The parliamentary candidates had rented a large hall for a campaign rally, but only a few hundred supporters showed up. They came to see...

News + Politics

Unlimited growth doesn’t help the local economy

Tim Redmond - February 17, 2020

I went to see Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel-prize-winning economist, speak at USF last week. Lectures by economists don’t tend to fill up large rooms,...

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent: Reaction to coronavirus is overblown

Reese Erlich - February 14, 2020

A new and deadly virus from China is coming to get you. Cancel your travel plans, quarantine your grandparents, and don’t let a Chinese...

News + Politics

Haney proposes sweeping reforms for public works

Tim Redmond - February 11, 2020

In the wake of the Mohammed Nuru scandal, Sup. Matt Haney is proposing a reform that should have been done years ago. He wants...

Arts + Culture

Never mind the Brexit, here’s Mostly British film fest

Dennis Harvey - February 10, 2020

Our political relations with the Britain may be strained at present—last month its Defense Secretary said they were looking for new strategic alliances as...

News + Politics

The misleading reports (and reporting) on Prop. E

Tim Redmond - February 2, 2020

I was around in 1986, when the San Francisco Chronicle, along with most of the political power structure of the city, argued that Proposition...

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