Stories about Media
The Chron’s bizarre (but predictable) attack on Chesa Boudin
A former POA consultant is the only source for a ridiculous headline and a story that makes an ordinary political transition look like a scandal. Why?
Screen Grabs: A very contemporary Les Misérables
Plus: an incredible tale of 70,000 VHS tapes, the Village People's disco disaster, and more in cinemas this week.
Moms4Housing stand up to eviction
'This isn’t the end, this is the beginning of a movement'
Midge Ure, titan of New Wave, will take your questions now
The Ultravox and Visage founder puts on a legendary show. Now he's adding Q&As and song requests for deeper connection.
DA Chesa Boudin sworn in with promises of dramatic reform
New DA vows end of cash bail, end of three-strikes, the start of restorative justice.
Screen Grabs: New year, death row
January's usual grab-bag of silly movies is leavened by two serious legal dramas (and a legend's epitaph).
Review: ‘Cats’ is very much like you
A year—scratch that, a decade—in fervent feline obsession culminates in a cinematic cataclysm, giving us pause.
Bingeing on dystopia: The politico-cultural decade in review
Foresight is 2020. So what do we make of the fraught and contradictory 2010s, our last chance?
Our top stories of 2019
Protests, blackouts, shady developments, a close election, tenant victories, and a ton of arts and culture—we couldn't cover it without your support
Chatting by cell: ‘Uncuffed’ is a prison podcast for our time
As America deliberates new approaches to criminal justice, inmates at San Quentin and Solano State get their stories out.