Sunday, May 5, 2024

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The Agenda, Jan 2-9, 2018: Reforming the Democratic Party, organizing against Trump …

Let me guess: You probably don’t know who represents you in the California Democratic Party. I’m not talking about our state Assembly or Senate...

Can SF tax economic inequality?

This needs to be the Year of Fighting Economic Inequality in San Francisco, and finding ways to get new revenue from the wealthy to...

Free City College passes 9-1 — will Mayor Ed Lee defy the board and the voters?

The Board of Supes, by a 9-1 majority, directly challenged Mayor Ed Lee today and appropriated funding to make City College free for all...

Wiener’s first bill could set off housing war

State Senator Scott Wiener has wasted no time in wading into the statewide housing wars – just as affordable housing advocates have released a...

Woven through a movement

The arc of the public gay rights movement's history is not very long at all. It's just about the length of one full life,...

The SF election: What happened?

 The 2016 election may well be a turning point in our national and local politics. The problem is that it’s unclear what direction the...

How we beat the real estate industry

As we assess the implications of last week’s elections, it is worth considering two clear wins for progressives and for the tenant movement in...

Corporate Democrats, nationally and at home

I am not an expert on national politics or the national Democratic Party. But I think at this point we ought to be able...

Defending San Francisco values

  You have to go back to 1972, and the landslide victory of Richard Nixon, to find a moment where so many people were so...

Live from Standing Rock: Repression and injustice on the protest lines

Rose Aguilar is sending daily reports from the pipeline protests at Standing Rock. Read more coverage here. It’s Friday night. I’m flying back to Bismark, North...