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Elections

A progressive wave in the East Bay

Bobbi Lopez - November 7, 2020

Victories over big money in Oakland, Richmond, Berkeley, and Antioch shows the power of community organizing.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Watching from the thick of it all

Dennis Harvey - November 5, 2020

This week sees a gaggle of releases that seem appropriate for our anxiety-fraught moment. (Although we're hoping for good news)

Nightlife

[UPDATED] A Burning Man sound camp responds about Ocean Beach party that drew 100s

Marke B. - September 7, 2020

BAAAHS says masks were distributed and social distancing enforced—but why didn't someone just turn off the music?

Movies

Screen Grabs: Get a funky zap from ‘Mr. Soul!’

Dennis Harvey - August 28, 2020

One had hoped that the passage of over half a century from the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s would provide a view of...

Music

In a time for Black voices, the terrific ‘High Fidelity’ gets canceled. Why?

John-Paul Shiver - August 11, 2020

Welp, I was wrong. HULU may actually be an acronym for stupid. As we move with GREAT hesitation these days—government mishandled pandemics and all—the need...

Opinion

Pride is a defense of Black bodies, and always has been

Carolyn Wysinger - June 25, 2020

This year is Pride 50 — or it was supposed to be. When San Francisco Pride, for which I am President of the Board of...

Culture

Remembering the Pulse massacre, as Trump strips LGBTQ rights

Marke B. - June 14, 2020

The mass shooting at Orlando's Pulse nightclub four years ago took 49 lives and still leaves a deep scar on the LGBTQ and Latino...

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...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Buckle up for more cinematic adventure

Dennis Harvey - March 30, 2020

Part Two of our armchair audiovisual world tour offers more scenic and adventuresome distraction from “shelter-at-home” stasis. (Part One is here.) While we’re not heavily...

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