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News + Politics

Why we should all care about the FCC’s net neutrality vote

Jackie Prager -
On December 14, the Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 to repeal net neutrality. This a huge deal -- everyone should be paying attention to...
News + Politics

Is Vasco Núñez de Balboa a role model for our children?

Tom Gallagher -
The movement to remove the names of slave owners from positions of honor has taken down individuals both famous and obscure, from Confederate...
News + Politics

The next mayor has to promise real, dramatic change

Tim Redmond -
Unless Acting Mayor London Breed does something really bad (and she’s way too smart for that to happen), or the Board of Supes feels...
Foreign Correspondent

The future of an independent Catalonia

Reese Erlich -
During a trip to Barcelona, I sat down to read a local newspaper and, although I understand Spanish, I couldn't fathom a word. The...
News + Politics

Why workers had to strike in Oakland

Tim Redmond -
I shouldn’t be surprised that the mainstream East Bay news media are, to say the least, unsympathetic toward the Oakland city workers’ strike. The...

A historian watches ‘Girls of the Golden West’

Elaine Elinson -
Opera-lover Elaine Elinson is the coauthor of Wherever There’s a Fight: How Runaway Slaves, Suffragists, Immigrants, Strikers and Poets Shaped Civil Liberties in California,...
News + Politics

Little-known Yimby-developer bills will have big impact on local planning

Zelda Bronstein -
Of the fifteen bills in the “housing package” signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown on September 29, the one that got the most...
Art

SOMArts show kicks off Dia de los Muertos season

Marke B. -
ART LOOKS San Francisco takes its Day of the Dead seriously -- it's a sacred moment --  but, in the spirit of the magical holiday that pierces...
Music

Quick ‘n dirty guide to Folsom 2017 parties

Marke B. -
See our 2018 guide here.  PARTY RADAR One of the most fun experiences I had this year was writing a history of bathhouse music and, by...
Business + Tech

Why SF needs municipal broadband

Tim Redmond -
Supervisor Mark Farrell and former Sup. Eric Mar are taking on a challenge that has far-reaching implications for the digital divide and the role...
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