Labor Archives - 48 hills

Lit

10 cult classics: Books on charismatic leaders to nourish your squint-eyed cynicism

Zack Ruskin - November 30, 2023

Popularity of follower docs aside, unraveling sects might be best as a book-length pursuit. Here are titles that take on the task.

Food & Drink

Holiday booze news: Casements’ educational advent, floriani corn whiskeys top our tree

Adrian Spinelli - November 28, 2023

Plus: Next year's hottest beer bust, Fort Point's Dungeness-laden beer cocktails.

The Agenda

Supes push back on state-mandated housing disaster

Tim Redmond - November 26, 2023

Plus: An honest discussion about the cops and budget priorities. That's The Agenda for Nov. 26 to Dec. 3

Lit

Oral history as inspiration and antidote: Lynn Lewis on ‘Women Who Change the World’

James De Julius - November 23, 2023

The organizer-author's new work offers deep personal stories of lives dedicated to the social justice movement.

Housing

New laws seek to end private developer risk, burdening public instead

Zelda Bronstein - November 6, 2023

Why should cities and counties guarantee profits for builders and push the costs of growth onto the local taxpayers?

Music

Bandcamp layoffs paint bleak picture for indie musicians and union organizers

Zack Ruskin - November 5, 2023

Sadie Dupuis of Speedy Ortiz, John Darnielle of Mountain Goats, more weigh in on rough blow to local fan-favorite platform.

Lit

Beep, beep: Meet your Muni drivers, colorfully illustrated

Marke B. - November 2, 2023

New art book 'Muni Is My Ride' captures the deeply committed, fundamentally human side of our daily public transport

Labor

Plan to put police funding in City Charter creates huge public safety risks

Tim Redmond - November 1, 2023

Labor activists say Dorsey measure would threaten a wide range of public-safety programs; it also won't work.

Art

Chuck Sperry screenprints rock history and the fight for equal rights, one poster at a time

Mary Corbin - November 1, 2023

A counterculture constant, from his work with Artist Television Access to Studio 4 and Bill Graham Presents

Economy

Opposition grows to Breed’s APEC boosterism—and the massive security plans

Tim Redmond - October 25, 2023

Small businesses, seniors, hotel workers, Soma residents say the billionaire party will hurt them badly.

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