Executive Order Archives

Opinion

OPINION: Ending car-free Great Highway is a mistake, especially now

Peter-Astrid Kane - August 10, 2021

Curtailing a beloved open space as Delta rages on is terrible timing and a community detriment.

Crime

Death Row inmate who may be exonerated talks about his story

Dennis J. Bernstein - June 30, 2021

Kevin Cooper was three hours away from execution. Now he may be freed. He talks about racism, criminal justice, and his nearly 30-year fight to prove his innocence.

Culture

5 can’t-miss events help kick off Laborfest 2021

Marke B. - June 28, 2021

The 28th annual program is bursting with poignant events in an age of rising fascism, inequality, and discrimination.

Opinion

I finally paid off my student loans at 40. No one should go through this

Peter-Astrid Kane - April 20, 2021

Not even winning on 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' helped me outrun Navient and condescending bootstrapper-types

Campaign Trail

The TikTok campaigns

Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí - August 13, 2020

After a few edits and some graphics, Sameera Rajwade uploaded the first video to her TikTok account. Within a day, it had racked up...

Foreign Correspondent

Trump’s desperate, last-ditch effort to hike tensions with Iran

Reese Erlich - July 31, 2020

During the past month, Iran has suffered a half-dozen explosions and fires at military and civilian sites. A bomb blew up near the Parchin...

Housing

Mayor, supervisors at odds over hotel rooms for homeless

Sam Lew - April 1, 2020

UPDATE: The first case of COVID in a homeless shelter has been reported. The Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday to place sheltered...

News + Politics

Coronavirus crisis doesn’t stop eviction cases

Tim Redmond - March 17, 2020

Update: The courts have agreed to put evictions on hold. The mayor has declared a moratorium on evictions for nonpayment of rent. The sheriff has...

Housing

Supes promise protections for small businesses and gig workers

Tim Redmond - March 17, 2020

So many updates from City Hall as we (mostly) shelter in place: Sup. Hillary Ronen announced this morning that she and others are working on...

Cartooning the Japanese Internment, through George Takei’s eyes

Emily Wilson - January 13, 2020

Harmony Becker, the creator of the comics Himawari Share, Love Potion, and Anemone and Catharus, was at her booth at an indie comic arts show in Brooklyn...

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