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Opinion

SF’s economic recovery plan: Trumpism on the local level

Calvin Welch - October 13, 2020

It's all about governmental deregulation and public subsidy of private profit -- while ignoring the manifest needs of everyday people.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Don’t worry, he said, COVID’s ‘Totally Under Control’

Dennis Harvey - October 12, 2020

A new doc parses the US pandemic response catastrophe. Plus: Driving While Black, more

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: New films storm the barricades, in myriad ways

Dennis Harvey - October 8, 2020

New movies embody the spirit of activism—and different spirits, too. Plus: American Indian and Filipino flicks, and a Woody Allen stinker.

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Museums reopen, Litquake rolls out… and music in parklets?

Marke B. - October 8, 2020

Plus: SOMArts Día de los Muertos show, DJ Mark Farina, California Symphony, 'Heads of Hip Hop, more.

Movies

Mill Valley Film Fest brings wide-screen drama, intimate star power

Dennis Harvey - October 6, 2020

This year's fest blows up with 80 features, dazzling tributes, a drive-in, and the addition of Doclands.

Art

“Housing Black” muralist Malik Seneferu talks of his next wall and visions of the possible

Maddy Clifford - October 1, 2020

The multimedia creative and incarcerated youth educator on art-borne futures; "You have to know how to create, and you have to get comfortable with the hypothetical."

Homelessness

Racist citations for minor offenses criminalize homeless people

Tim Redmond - September 30, 2020

New study looks at non-traffic citations, which can lead to arrests for behavior that wealthy white people engage in every day.

News + Politics

‘How many times does this guy have to show us who he is?’

Tim Redmond - September 29, 2020

Trump refuses to denounce white supremacists in the worst presidential debate ever.

Music

New Music: 5 artists to support directly on Bandcamp Day

John-Paul Shiver - September 29, 2020

Mothership's metal, Blues Lawyer's lo-fi punk, Marcus Shelby's jazz, techno from The Tourist, more great releases

News + Politics

Trump’s taxes, the debate, and the election

Tim Redmond - September 29, 2020

There aren't many undecided voters out there. It's all going to be about turnout.

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