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ACT UP fought back, and the world is better for it

Hundreds of AIDS survivors gathered last weekend to look back on 25 years of protest and change.

A victory for community affordable housing: Land Trust wins battle for Folsom St. building

Judge refused to block Pigeon Palace auction -- but in the end, the SF Community Land Trust outbid the speculators to take the property...

Uber, the Conference of Mayors, and the taxi drivers

Expect protests from (real) cab drivers as Uber helps host US Conference of Mayors -- just as that company is getting hit for failing...

The week ACT UP shut SF down

25th anniversary events commemorate historic Sixth International Conference on AIDS protests -- and reunite seminal local activists, Fri/19-Sun/21. By Marke B. JUNE 16, 2015 -- "We were fraught,...

The Mission moratorium goes down, narrowly — but the fight has only begun

Hundreds and hundreds of Mission residents and community activists demonstrate the massive anger over displacement -- and some folks at City Hall didn't listen....

Undocumented youth under immense stress, study finds

Fear of law enforcement creates mental-health issues, UCLA researchers report By Viji Sundaram APRIL 27, 2015 -- Fear followed Alberto Velazquez every time he left the apartment...

Remembering two Ellis Act victims

Two San Franciscans who faced Ellis evictions died recently -- a reminder, perhaps, of the health consequences of threatening vulnerable seniors with displacement By Tony...

A chance for undocumented Californians to get health care coverage

SB 4 would expand Medi-Cal to all residents, including those who are left out of Obamacare By Viji Sundaram APRIL 22, 2015 – Painful ulcers on his...

Evictions soaring, new study shows

Thousands of tenants losing homes through no fault of their own in Mayor Lee's San Francisco By Tim Redmond APRIL 21, 2015 – The number of...

The campaign for $15 an hour takes to the Bay Area streets

Actions all over show broad labor, community support for fast-food workers By Tim Redmond APRIL 15, 2015 – Bernardo Montiel works for Jack in the Box....