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Music

A year without live music—that still made a lot of noise

John-Paul Shiver - March 22, 2021

A music critic reflects on an era that heard local venues silenced and Black voices uplifted.

News + Politics

The lessons of the Ferris Wheel

Tim Redmond - March 16, 2021

Does SF need to overhaul its City Charter to create better departmental oversight -- and limit the potential for corruption?

Homelessness

Inside the SIP hotels saga

Natalia Robyns-Kresich - March 15, 2021

How activists and some supes forced the city to put homeless people in hotel rooms.

Protest

Lawsuit says San Jose police violence caused serious injuries

Garrett Leahy - March 11, 2021

Cops injured people (including a state Assembly member) with needless weapons, says complaint demanding reforms.

News + Politics

No “Happy Women’s Day” at Mexico City’s radical March 8 protests

Caitlin Donohue - March 11, 2021

With powerful determination, feminists faced down the metal walls rape apologist President AMLO built to keep them under control.

Housing

Supes reject condos where seniors were evicted

Tim Redmond - March 2, 2021

Crucial vote sends a message that a building cleared by the Ellis Act will never get a lucrative permit.

Art

In a year of protest and change, YBCA 100 highlights vital activist-artists

Emily Wilson - March 1, 2021

The annual list of honorees focuses on organizers, educators, and creators whose work reaches deep into community.

The Agenda

A varsity letter at 79, a rally to free Malik ….

Tim Redmond - February 28, 2021

... plus saving homeless hotel rooms -- and should people who bought a building cleared by eviction get a financial bonus? That's The Agenda for March 1-8

COVID

Will Cuba have faster vaccinations than the US?

Stuart Blackwell - February 22, 2021

The tiny island nation with universal health care has its own vaccine, and could protect its people before the US does.

The Agenda

Denmark, taxes, happiness, racism …

Tim Redmond - February 21, 2021

... plus saving the SIP hotels, cracking down on serial permit scofflaws, and more problems with private prisons. That's The Agenda for Feb. 22-28

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