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On Veterans Day, let’s also remember those who fought for the right to dissent

Elaine Elinson - November 11, 2018

When Robert Simmons, an African American man from Savannah, Georgia, was brought to the foggy, windswept island of Alcatraz in the winter of 1918,...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Festival mania fills local cinemas!

Dennis Harvey - November 6, 2018

SCREEN GRABS There is surely nowhere in the world with more film festivals per capita than San Francisco. While the bigger annual events are...

Campaign Trail

The POA wants to lock more people up — and thinks its chosen candidates will, too

Tim Redmond - October 22, 2018

If you think the solution to the problems of drugs and car break-ins is to make more arrests, prosecute more cases, and lock more...

Arts + Culture

Screen Grabs: Free Solo, Arab Film Fest, Studio 54…

Dennis Harvey - October 8, 2018

SCREEN GRABS Two of the major releases are major disappointments from hitherto reliable directors. Scenarist Drew Goddard’s first directorial feature since ingenious horror deconstruction...

News + Politics

Attacking an SF judge for being too ‘soft on crime’

Tim Redmond and Alex Catsoulis - August 28, 2018

An auto burglary case that, thanks in part to an SF Chron column, has spurred anger among mostly white anti-crime crusaders comes before a...

News + Politics

Cooking in your car

Tiny - August 15, 2018

The smell of salt, grease and fried meat filled the air, with just hint of burnt sugar thrown in. My mind wandered to breakfasts...

News + Politics

Why can’t we fix the DMV?

Tim Redmond - July 26, 2018

State Assemblymember Phil Ting is taking on an issue that has pretty much everyone in California angry right now – the lines at the...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Jewish Film Fest, Eighth Grade, Blindspotting …

Dennis Harvey - July 16, 2018

SCREEN GRABS The big noise at multiplexes this weekend will be Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again—a title that could serve just as well...

News + Politics

Rally denounces DA’s failure to charge killer cops

Tim Redmond - May 29, 2018

A crowd rallied on the steps of the Hall of Justice today to denounce District Attorney George Gascon’s decision not to file charges against...

News + Politics

Chilean feminists take over 14 university campuses in response to accusations of sexual assault

Caitlin Donohue - May 18, 2018

LETTER FROM CHILE Our friends were late to meet us at an art opening on May 11th in Santiago, Chile. They had a good...

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