Medicine Archives

Homelessness

‘Where Do We Go’ launches new campaign against homeless sweeps

Tiny - October 20, 2024

Organizers vow to set up new encampments in public spaces every time cities evict the unhoused.

Opinion

Opinion: Is it time for an ACT-UP for Long COVID?

Bruce Mirken - October 9, 2024

As the dangers of Long COVID become more recognized, the country's going backwards on preventing new infections.

Movies

Screen Grabs: A ‘Prodigal Daughter’ returns from Merced Heights to Peru

Dennis Harvey - October 7, 2024

Plus: More Latino movies at Cine+Mas, Albany Film Festival's wide gamut run, and Fist Up Fest's overtly activist bent.

Healthcare

UCSF moves to fire staffer who challenged school’s stance on Palestine

Griffin Jones - September 2, 2024

Therapist defended renowned doctor who questioned the health impacts of Zionism; now she's facing dismissal.

Art

A kickass tattoo artist honors her Mescalero Apache roots

Danny Acosta - June 20, 2024

'It's in my blood,' says 24th Street Studio's Renette Hammer, who felt destined to open up shop in SF.

Stage Review

A time-jumping tale of environmental degradation in ‘Garuda’s Wing’

Charles Lewis III - June 17, 2024

Gripping tale and great ensemble work from Magic Theatre drive home heavy subject without bumper sticker platitudes.

Opinion

Does Mayor Breed just hate poor people?

Tiny - June 9, 2024

A solution lead by the unhoused is working in Oakland—but we can't get any traction in San Francisco.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Three wizards of cinema light up local screens

Dennis Harvey - June 6, 2024

Hayao Miyazaki, Les Blank, and Jean-Luc Godard bring magic old and new to BAMPFA and The Lab.

Lit

In ‘Death Trip,’ exorcising Holocaust family trauma through psychedelics

Marke B. - June 3, 2024

Punk writer Seth Lorinczi found a surprising way through midlife crisis and tragic ancestral legacy: MDMA therapy

Art Review

Poetic efficiencies, subtle subversions streak through ‘vītatio’

Bec Imrich - May 16, 2024

Thoughtful group show at Altman Siegel coalesces into third space beyond gender binaries and colonial violence.

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