Economy Archives - Page 3 of 42

Housing

Why the Wiener housing bills will never work—and could destroy the coast. A detailed primer

Michael Barnes - March 12, 2024

An economist explains the reality of the housing market, economic inequality, developer profits, and threats to the environment.

Labor

City wastes millions on contracts with big out-of-town companies, report shows

Tim Redmond - February 29, 2024

More than $200 million goes for services city workers could provide much, much cheaper.

Art

Tabitha Soren, beloved former MTV News reporter, on life as a Bay Area photographer

Mary Corbin - February 29, 2024

Motherhood has changed things for the award-winning journalist, who is now taking things a frame at a time.

Music

Noise Pop report: Tommy Guerrero’s psychedelic vamp at 4-Star Theatre was quintessential SF

John-Paul Shiver - February 26, 2024

Noise Pop show put the revival of a beloved neighborhood cinema on display.

TV

Donald Glover keeps saving TV—and doing his own damn thing

John-Paul Shiver - February 16, 2024

Childish Gambino, 'Atlanta,' 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith'—an ode to the multifaceted ever-presence of Glovervision

Opinion

It’s Valentine’s Day. I was ghosted by my ‘partner’ of eight years

Z.P Moganum - February 14, 2024

Uber and Lyft call us "partners,' not employees. We're sick of the way they treat us—which is why Gig Workers Rising matters.

Opinion

Spending MLK Day in Cuba

Mark Ginsburg - February 7, 2024

A country the US still calls 'terrorist' celebrates the legacy of a US civil rights leader

Labor

The hidden political history of SF’s 1906 earthquake and fire—and what it means today

Marc Norton - February 1, 2024

Social class, race, and labor played a huge role in what happened—and how the city recovered.

Movies

Screen Grabs: With ‘Bushman,’ a trip back to nearly unrecognizable 1971 SF

Dennis Harvey - January 29, 2024

A feast of revivals including 'Household Saints' and 'Ghosts of Mars;' 'Vishniac captures Jewish ghetto life, more

Homelessness

Tiny homes with giant restrictions are not a solution to homelessness

Tiny - January 25, 2024

Tiny tombs, I mean tiny homes Not a place to call our own Tiny tombs better describes the triggerr of those jail-like rooms The InsideNOTsafe is a...

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