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News + Politics

On Veterans Day, let’s also remember those who fought for the right to dissent

Elaine Elinson - November 11, 2018

When Robert Simmons, an African American man from Savannah, Georgia, was brought to the foggy, windswept island of Alcatraz in the winter of 1918,...

Onstage

In ‘Pike St.,’ embodying a caring community in crisis mode

Emily Wilson - November 11, 2018

ONSTAGE Playwright and performer Nilaja Sun thinks maybe one day someone will do research into solo shows and shamanism. “How is it possible for one body...

Campaign Trail

Election winners and losers in SF

Tim Redmond - November 7, 2018

First, we don’t really know anything for sure yet. There are, according to the Department of Elections, an astonishing 139,000 ballots still to be...

News + Politics

6,000 more office workers with no housing, the failure of planning in the Eastern Neighborhoods …

Tim Redmond - October 28, 2018

Mayor London Breed is pushing legislation that would amend the city’s historic office-space limitation law to allow an additional 1.5 million square feet of...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: The War at Home, Wings of Desire, What They Had …

Dennis Harvey - October 22, 2018

SCREEN GRABS There are no less than four solid, serious dramas opening at local theaters this week, signaling that the silly season (which these days...

News + Politics

Minimum pay for nonprofit workers, the mayor’s affordable housing exemptions …

Tim Redmond - October 21, 2018

The Board of Supes will consider Tuesday/23 a change to the ordinance that sets minimum wages for workers at nonprofits that get city contracts....

News + Politics

Boycott Lyft, Protest Twitter

David Talbot - October 21, 2018

Lyft's decision to contribute $100,000 to fight Proposition C, San Francisco's urgent measure to help the homeless, is morally reprehensible -- and must now...

News + Politics

The neighborhood case for Proposition 10

George Wooding - October 14, 2018

Vote YES to repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act (state ballot measure Proposition 10). This state law repeal will impact the entire state. Current existing...

News + Politics

Prop. C: The battle for the soul of San Francisco

John Elberling - October 9, 2018

The New American Oligarchy of Wealth and Privilege that seized control of the United States two years ago with the election of President Donald...

Arts + Culture

Screen Grabs: Free Solo, Arab Film Fest, Studio 54…

Dennis Harvey - October 8, 2018

SCREEN GRABS Two of the major releases are major disappointments from hitherto reliable directors. Scenarist Drew Goddard’s first directorial feature since ingenious horror deconstruction...

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