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OPINION: The best sort of democracy for San Francisco

Calvin Welch has been a dedicated housing activist and progressive leader for decades, but we have consistently disagreed with him about Ranked Choice Voting...

A night market bursting with flavor at Asian Art Museum

Chef Tu David Phu had just one requirement for the dozen chefs joining him at the Chef’s Hawker Centre Festival at the Asian Art...

Breed talks about bringing the city together — but shows sharp political edges

London Breed became the first African American woman to serve as mayor of San Francisco today, taking the oath of office in a modest,...

‘Black Powers: Reframing Hollywood’ at SFMOMA celebrates plucky cinematic classics

MOVIES We're currently in a moment of black film director fierceness: Ryan Coogler's Black Panther, Barry Jenkins' Moonlight, Jordan Peele's Get Out, and anything by...

Measure to tax big, rich corporations to fund housing for the homeless heads for November ballot

Sponsors of a measure that would raise hundreds of millions of dollars to build supportive housing, increase the city’s shelter capacity, and fund efforts...

Protest Salesforce and its connection to ICE!

Salesforce, which occupies that giant building that has come to dominate the SF skyline, has a contract with the US Customs and Border Patrol,...

Screen Grabs: Sorry To Bother You, Whitney, The King…

SCREEN GRABS Yours truly dutifully went (along with recently sacked YBCA film programmer Joel Shepard) to City Hall last week to speak at the SF...

Profiles in corruption: How telecoms control the state Legislature

The last couple of weeks have not been good ones for those who see communications as a social justice issue. The 2015 Open Internet Order,...

Foreign Correspondent: A political landslide in Mexico

FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT When I was writing an article about street vendors in Mexico City, I saw firsthand how the country's ruling party operated. Vendors...

The sheer audacity of ‘Angels in America’

ONSTAGE "Why is Angels in America still the most prominent story being told about AIDS?" asked a wonderfully provocative essay about the epic early '90s...