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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.

Movies

Screen Grabs: ‘Zola’ takes a wild ride from tweets to theaters

Dennis Harvey - June 28, 2021

Plus: New docs 'A Crime in the Bayou,' 'Truman and Tennesee,' and 'Lydia Lunch: The War is Never Over'

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Black Film Festival lifts off—and other stratospheric releases

Dennis Harvey - June 17, 2021

The best of the new, from the surveilling of surveillance in 'All Light, Everywhere' to 'Les Norte' and its discomfiting coming-of-age twists

News + Politics

DA closes Amilcar Lopez case, but the community trauma still remains

Father Richard Smith - May 27, 2021

San Francisco needs to make big changes in policing so this young immigrant didn't die in vain.

Opinion

If we don’t have to wear masks outdoors, how will we angrily judge each other?

Marke B. - April 28, 2021

The CDC rolls back restrictions for activities and small gatherings. Now what will we use to measure our moral superiority?

Music

RIP, Shock G: Local musicians share their memories

John-Paul Shiver - April 26, 2021

DJ Cutso, Nick Andre, Pursuit Grooves, DJ Amir, and more on why the Bay Area rap legend means so much

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Experimental expressions: Ficks’ Picks for the 12th CROSSROADS Film Fest

Oakland activists say they don’t want the CHP to patrol their streets

Some warned 20 years ago that the US was creating a disaster in Afghanistan

With ‘And Then There Was Light,’ Oakland’s sndtrak masters the beat tape

Death Row inmate who may be exonerated talks about his story

Screen Grabs: ‘Zola’ takes a wild ride from tweets to theaters

Screen Grabs: Black Film Festival lifts off—and other stratospheric releases

DA closes Amilcar Lopez case, but the community trauma still remains

If we don’t have to wear masks outdoors, how will we angrily judge each other?

RIP, Shock G: Local musicians share their memories

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