Stories about History
What’s really going on in Hong Kong
Protestors flooded the streets this June, but the roots of the conflict between the island and mainland China run deep.
Deputy Sheriffs Association resorts to bizarre Red Scare tactics in DA race
Union posts a video by the John Birch Society -- that old racist McCarthy-era group that still somehow lives -- to attack Chesa Boudin.
Beyond the valley of the gig economy
'Raw Deal' author Steven Hill on Uber tech, the perils of California ideologies, and the twilight of the elites.
A ‘Witch Hunt’ that reverberates today
Playwright Carol Lashof takes on the Salem Witch Trials, in a light informed by slavery, immigration, and fear of others.
Screen Grabs: A wave of women behind the camera
Two series showcase cinematography and horror. Plus: Cockettes at 50, transgender in Hong Kong, Leonard Cohen's muse, more
Screen Grabs: The perils of ‘Midsommar’
Plus: Paris is Burning, Maiden, Bastille Day, Jaws, War and Peace, and more in cinemas
Avast ye, developers! SF Mime Troupe’s ‘Treasure Island’ opens 60th season
Street theater legends take on massive housing project in the bay, with singing, dancing, and radiation level warnings.
UC’s deal with Big Pharma should raise red flags
Why is there so little outcry over GlaxoSmithKline's role in a new genomic lab at two public universities?
People in cages, Earth under attack in occupied colonial land
Horrors and some nasty surprises on a poverty tour of the Southwest
Party Radar: ULTIMATE PRIDE GUIDE 2019
Pink Block, Polka Dots, Hot Pants, Pullin' Pork, Fake & Gay, and more musts for this bonkers week.