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Movies

Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema celebrates 20 years of awe beneath the stars

Joshua Rotter - September 5, 2023

Hyperlocal film festival 'builds vibrant community and connects us to our shared humanity,' say cofounders

Drug policy

The myth of drug cartels is a cover for state-sanctioned violence

Caitlin Donohue - August 11, 2023

Author Oswaldo Zavala says the way we think about Mexican narcos is all wrong

LGBTQ

A trans immigrant fleeing persecution tries to get asylum—and just get by—in SF. It’s not easy

Stardust Doherty - July 31, 2023

Millions face pervasive discrimination and unjustifiable violence at home. Some come here seeking asylum in the true sense of the word. This is one story

Crime

Among the drug traffickers you don’t hear about: The United States Border Patrol

Francisco Ugarte - July 18, 2023

The media loves to blame immigrants, while ignoring the fact that some of the people guarding the border are also working with the drug cartels.

Crime

A new attack on SF’s sanctuary laws makes no sense—except as a political tool

Tim Redmond - February 15, 2023

Immigrants have been scapegoats for much of US history, and now Breed and Jenkins are doing it again.

The Agenda

Police racism, police violence, a hiatus on the Amazon tax ….

Tim Redmond - September 4, 2022

... and gee, they are so nice in Sacramento. Guess that's why the landlord lobby keeps on winning.

News + Politics

The Boudin recall is entirely based on local media mythology. They should own it.

Tim Redmond - May 25, 2022

The "crime wave." The "unsafe city." There's no reality here—but it's creating a dangerous political narrative, with the SF cops the big winners.

Art

‘We knew we would bring the art’: Expo sounds alarm to reunite separated families

Emily Wilson - March 24, 2022

Galería de la Raza, YBCA, and other community organizations team up on compelling "Pedagogy of Hope"

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: ‘Attica’ and ‘Summer of Soul’ crown Doc Stories fest, more

Dennis Harvey - October 31, 2021

Plus: California's water wars, a Chinatown gangster tale, a lost Iranian Gothic classic, more new movies

Movies

In ‘Blue Bayou,’ Justin Chon highlights citizenship limbo of Korean adoptees

Pam Grady - September 19, 2021

Adopted as a three-year-old from South Korea and as thoroughly Cajun as crawfish etouffee, Antonio LeBlanc has never had any reason to question his...

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