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Opinion

If we don’t have to wear masks outdoors, how will we angrily judge each other?

Marke B. - April 28, 2021

The CDC rolls back restrictions for activities and small gatherings. Now what will we use to measure our moral superiority?

The Agenda

Money for ‘safe sleeping’ sites — or permanent supportive housing?

Tim Redmond - April 18, 2021

Legislation by Sup. Rafael Mandelman aims to get people off the streets -- but homeless advocates are not supporting it. That's The Agenda for April 18-25

News + Politics

Gunman disrupts protest—but community group de-escalates without the cops

Garrett Leahy - January 21, 2021

Activists say the incident shows why defunding the police is possible.

COVID

Give prisoners the vaccine

Marc Norton - December 24, 2020

Prisons and jails are COVID super-spreaders -- and that makes all of us less safe.

Homelessness

The year in homeless policy

TJ Johnston - December 3, 2020

A few successes and a lot of failures as people on the streets stayed at risk during the pandemic.

COVID

Inside the COVID explosion at San Quentin

Juan Moreno Haines - September 7, 2020

With 26 dead and at least a third of the population infected, why isn't medical parole part of the solution?

Cartoonist Tanna Tucker creates works of art to celebrate voices of incarcerated kids

Maddy Clifford - July 20, 2020

Last May, Governor Gavin Newsom announced a plan to close California’s state-run youth prisons, an initiative that has since been stalled. But San Francisco...

News + Politics

SF Superior Court ends Zero Bail Policy, threatening public health

Tim Redmond - July 9, 2020

The San Francisco Superior Court has chosen not to continue the Zero Bail Policy that has reduced county jail populations across the state. That, a...

News + Politics

Grassroots uprising calls for defunding police

Tim Redmond - July 9, 2020

The grassroots movement to defund the SF police has made its presence felt this week as hundreds of callers have flooded two supes committee...

Boy bands to bomba: Fresh Meat Fest shines with trans & queer performance

Marke B. - June 15, 2020

I'm writing this as I'm taking in the Supreme Court decision that people cannot be legally fired for being LGBTQ, a momentous act that...

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If we don’t have to wear masks outdoors, how will we angrily judge each other?

Money for ‘safe sleeping’ sites — or permanent supportive housing?

Gunman disrupts protest—but community group de-escalates without the cops

Give prisoners the vaccine

The year in homeless policy

Inside the COVID explosion at San Quentin

Cartoonist Tanna Tucker creates works of art to celebrate voices of incarcerated kids

SF Superior Court ends Zero Bail Policy, threatening public health

Grassroots uprising calls for defunding police

Boy bands to bomba: Fresh Meat Fest shines with trans & queer performance

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