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On Juneteenth, Black leaders detail lingering obstacles to change

Tom Molanphy - June 19, 2020

On June 19, 1865, over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger of the Union Army arrived in Galveston and issued...

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Labor unions join call to defund the police

Garrett Leahy - June 18, 2020

A group of about 150 demonstrators representing several Bay Area labor unions gathered outside the Oakland Police Officers Association headquarters on Wednesday, endorsing calls...

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...

Business + Tech

The plutonium of Artificial Intelligence could be coming to a city near you

Tim Kingston - June 10, 2020

Of all the tools of mass surveillance deployed by law enforcement, private industry and the federal government, Facial Recognition Technology poses by far the...

News + Politics

Large majority of voters support tax on millionaires

Tim Redmond - June 9, 2020

Some 70 percent of California voters would support a higher tax on income above $1 million, a new poll shows. The survey, by the highly...

News + Politics

BREAKING: Three more suspects charged in City Hall corruption probe

Tim Redmond - June 8, 2020

The feds have charged three more people with crimes related to the Mohammed Nuru public works scandal, the US Attorney’s Office announced this afternoon. The...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Black history and protest films to stream now

Dennis Harvey - June 7, 2020

As public outrage towards police violence against the Black community (like the gun control movement) has too often seemed to wane in the Trump...

News + Politics

For Pride, all queer people must stand up for Black lives

Marke B. - June 2, 2020

Black queer people exist. Stonewall was a riot against police. The fight for Gay Liberation was lead by queer and trans women of color....

News + Politics

We’re all outside agitators at this point

David Talbot - May 31, 2020

We all knew America was a powder keg and, we all knew it had to blow up. Endless police or vigilante violence against Black...

News + Politics

The Agenda: Saving local journalism ….

Tim Redmond - May 25, 2020

All local news media is critical during this crisis, and most local news media outlets are struggling. But the nonprofits, the outlets that are...

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On Juneteenth, Black leaders detail lingering obstacles to change

Labor unions join call to defund the police

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

The plutonium of Artificial Intelligence could be coming to a city near you

Large majority of voters support tax on millionaires

BREAKING: Three more suspects charged in City Hall corruption probe

Screen Grabs: Black history and protest films to stream now

For Pride, all queer people must stand up for Black lives

We’re all outside agitators at this point

The Agenda: Saving local journalism ….

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