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Housing

A (major) new twist on affordable housing legislation

Tim Redmond - June 29, 2022

Last-minute Mandelman move seeks to allow widespread housing demolition—potentially dooming Chan's affordable-housing measure.

Lit

It’s a rough time to be proud of the US. In ‘Fight Like Hell,’ Kim Kelly finds a way

Caitlin Donohue - June 28, 2022

The labor reporter's first book is a historical journey showing workers that they've always forged their own path forward

Opinion

From here to Cuba: Defying Biden, the Bay Area connects to island nation

Mark Ginsburg and David Brubaker - May 29, 2022

The Summit of the Americas has disinvited Cuba. We went there to show solidarity and tell the story missing from the corporate media.

City Hall

Final, final, deadline for supes map is Thursday—unless it isn’t

Tim Redmond - April 20, 2022

City attorney says Task Force has to approve lines; various others talk about lawsuits.

Labor

The case for class-struggle unionism

Marc Norton - March 27, 2022

A new book says that only workers can save the labor movement.

Opinion

SF hotels aren’t bringing workers back. Is that a ‘lockout?’

Give Me My Job Back - March 17, 2022

Labor law is complicated, but some workers say they want to go back to work—and the unionized hotels aren't calling them.

City Hall

Why the mayor’s proposals keep getting defeated by the supes

Tim Redmond - January 30, 2022

To make progress in SF, you need to have an open process with all the stakeholders. London Breed prefers to do things her own way, behind closed doors.

News + Politics

On normalizing relations with Cuba, where is Nancy Pelosi?

Mark Ginsburg and Vicki Legion - January 7, 2022

SF's rep hasn't joined her Bay Area Democratic colleagues in urging Biden to end the economic blockade.

Opinion

Memo to SF supes: On affordable housing, don’t be Joe Manchin

Kim Tavaglione - November 29, 2021

Approving money for social housing is a clear mandate—and the opposition talking points are the same old tired nonsense we have heard before.

Housing

Union workers need more affordable housing, new study shows

Garrett Leahy - November 3, 2021

Collaboration between labor and housing activists shows that current market-driven policies won't keep workforce in town.

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A (major) new twist on affordable housing legislation

It’s a rough time to be proud of the US. In ‘Fight Like Hell,’ Kim Kelly finds a way

From here to Cuba: Defying Biden, the Bay Area connects to island nation

Final, final, deadline for supes map is Thursday—unless it isn’t

The case for class-struggle unionism

SF hotels aren’t bringing workers back. Is that a ‘lockout?’

Why the mayor’s proposals keep getting defeated by the supes

On normalizing relations with Cuba, where is Nancy Pelosi?

Memo to SF supes: On affordable housing, don’t be Joe Manchin

Union workers need more affordable housing, new study shows

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