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Sup. Vallie Brown evicted low-income tenants

Tim Redmond - October 10, 2019

Sup. Vallie Brown has a narrative driving her campaign: She had a difficult childhood, faced evictions and homelessness, and is now working to protect...

Lit

At Litquake, the infamous Literary Death Match hits 500

Peter-Astrid Kane - October 7, 2019

The field of literature is often criticized for its focus on dead writers, but you can’t blame Literary Death Match for adding to the...

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Here’s who’s getting rich from tobacco money

Tim Redmond - September 29, 2019

The latest campaign-finance numbers are in, and they include some surprises – and some information that should surprise nobody. Juul Labs has spent $11.5 million...

News + Politics

Jeff Adachi didn’t die from drugs or alcohol, new study says

Tim Redmond - August 23, 2019

A new study from a group of forensic experts says that the late Public Defender Jeff Adachi could not have died from cocaine and...

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Milk Club narrowly opposes Big Tobacco

Tim Redmond - August 21, 2019

The Harvey Milk LGBT Club voted narrowly this week to oppose the tobacco-industry-funded vaping initiative, Prop. C, after a process that has led some...

News + Politics

Juul challenges key ballot language on overturning e-cig ban

Tim Redmond - August 8, 2019

A relatively obscure city committee will make what some say is a crucial decision tomorrow on a ballot measure that would overturn the city’s...

Arts + Culture

A ‘Witch Hunt’ that reverberates today

Emily Wilson - July 10, 2019

ONSTAGE In 2014, playwright Carol Lashof and director Elizabeth Vega wanted to put on a play, Just Deserts, that Lashof had written. “We connected because...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Lessons from the dictatorship mark ‘The Silence of Others’

Dennis Harvey - May 15, 2019

SCREEN GRABS This week brings the arrival of John Wick: Chapter 3—Parabellum, the latest entry in what’s been one of the few action-oriented franchises worth...

Arts + Culture

Arts Forecast: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore confronts queer assimilation in ‘Sketchtasy’

Caitlin Donohue - January 22, 2019

A standing ovation to Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, whose novel Sketchtasy, which follows a group of friends navigating Boston nightlife and LGBTQ assimilation, has been...

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BOOKS: ‘Liar’s Paradox’ is the best new thriller in years

Tim Redmond - December 18, 2018

Talyor Stevens is my favorite thriller writer – and she’s got competition. I have read every Lee Child (Jack Reacher) book. I love John...

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