Labor Archives - 48 hills

Opinion

The labor movement and the Democratic convention

Tim Paulson - July 23, 2024

The last time a sitting President was re-nominated at a Democratic National Convention was in Charlotte, North Carolina in 2012. I was a California...

The Agenda

The supes vote on an imperfect, but much better, budget …

Tim Redmond - July 14, 2024

... plus new affordable housing and a series of City Charter amendments. That's The Agenda for July 14-21

Labor

Subway workers rally, demand fair treatment

Megan Robertson - July 11, 2024

Labor Commissioner investigating allegations of minimum wage, overtime violations at local sandwich shops.

Media

Media Week: Joe Biden, the party ‘elite,’ and the reality of big political money

Tim Redmond - July 10, 2024

Working-class voters seem less and less interested in a Democratic candidate who won't challenge the basic assumptions of neoliberalism.

Music

Watch: Will Hermes dives deep into Lou Reed on Music Book Club

Tamara Palmer - July 8, 2024

A Rolling Stone editor and professor takes on 'The King of New York' (and the state of music journalism).

LGBTQ

Pictures from Pride

Tim Redmond - July 1, 2024

Festive, fun, sunny ... and not terribly political.

Art Review

Pancakes, party favors, and animatronic wolves? ‘Fantastico’!

Ava Morton - June 28, 2024

At Casemore Gallery, Lindsey White uses sparkling humor and magic to plumb deeper issues of local artmaking.

Food & Drink

Good Taste: Hot donut summer is finally happening

Tamara Palmer - June 24, 2024

West Oakland community food hall, whimsical sinkers in SF, gorgeous cakes from Vallejo, more fun Bay Area debuts expected this season.

Arts + Culture

On James Devane’s ‘Searching,’ randomized snippets pair for off-kilter grooves

Daniel Bromfield - June 19, 2024

'We have to make music that's weirder going forward,' says software engineer, whose program smashes jams together.

Housing

Does the US have a housing shortage—or an affordable housing shortage?

Tim Redmond - June 18, 2024

New study challenges the Yimby concept and argues that issue isn't supply, it's price.

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