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Screen Grabs: Great new docs, from global inequality to SF thrash metal

Dennis Harvey - April 30, 2020

Though the impulse for many during times of stress is to escape into fictional entertainment—or something “stranger than fiction,” like Tiger King—nonfiction can prove...

Culture

Saving money by not going out for coffee? Here’s where you can donate it

Rebecca Bowe - April 20, 2020

One of the most striking takeaways of the crisis triggered by COVID-19 is how unevenly it affects people. Multiple economic sectors face staggering job...

News + Politics

Can hotels become permanent housing for homeless people?

Tim Redmond - April 15, 2020

There are ways to describe the logistics of moving thousands of homeless people into hotel rooms. It’s not going to be simple. But referring to...

News + Politics

Who’s to ‘blame’ for our failures to respond to this crisis?

Tim Redmond - April 9, 2020

Politico recently put out an email blast asking “who’s to blame” for the COVID pandemic: The Olympics Games are postponed, but the Coronavirus Blame Games are...

News + Politics

Social distancing is the wrong term

Marc Norton - April 9, 2020

I am very tired of hearing about “social distancing.” We do not need social distancing. We need physical distancing. What we need is social solidarity. I...

COVID

Density, neoliberalism, and COVID

Calvin Welch - March 31, 2020

"There is a density level in NYC that is destructive. It has to stop and it has to stop now. NYC must develop an...

Housing

It’s easy to find housing in SF — if you’re in the 1 percent

Tim Redmond - February 23, 2020

The Chron put the story on the front page of the Sunday paper: There is no housing crisis in San Francisco. It is a good...

News + Politics

Unlimited growth doesn’t help the local economy

Tim Redmond - February 17, 2020

I went to see Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel-prize-winning economist, speak at USF last week. Lectures by economists don’t tend to fill up large rooms,...

News + Politics

The misleading reports (and reporting) on Prop. E

Tim Redmond - February 2, 2020

I was around in 1986, when the San Francisco Chronicle, along with most of the political power structure of the city, argued that Proposition...

Culture

Hiking the Crosstown Trail: a photo-essay, part two

Lucas Thornton - February 1, 2020

Read part 1 of Lucas' journey here. From the grassland of McLaren Park to the forests of Golden Gate and the cliffs of Lands End,...

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Screen Grabs: Great new docs, from global inequality to SF thrash metal

Saving money by not going out for coffee? Here’s where you can donate it

Can hotels become permanent housing for homeless people?

Who’s to ‘blame’ for our failures to respond to this crisis?

Social distancing is the wrong term

Density, neoliberalism, and COVID

It’s easy to find housing in SF — if you’re in the 1 percent

Unlimited growth doesn’t help the local economy

The misleading reports (and reporting) on Prop. E

Hiking the Crosstown Trail: a photo-essay, part two

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