Mental Illness Archives

Homelessness

The brutality of criminalizing homelessness

Tiny - June 28, 2024

The Supreme Court decision is another step in the process of legitimizing systems of oppression.

Movies

Screen Grabs: ‘Janet Planet,’ and other cosmic mysteries of the human relationship

Dennis Harvey - June 27, 2024

'Chestnut' and 'This Closeness' dig into contemporary 20something affairs; 'The Devil's Bath' goes back to 1750.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Grokking the creepy cipher of ‘I Saw the TV Glow’

Dennis Harvey - May 15, 2024

Plus: Touching 'Gasoline Rainbow,' Avant-Barb(ie), a Toney W. Merritt tribute, and Sundown Cinema's movies in the park

Crime

Lawyers say DA is using terrible crime for political gain …

Cydney Hayes - March 22, 2024

... While Jenkins and her allies can't seem to get the facts right.

Crime

Some perspective on the case of a brutal stabbing of an Asian senior

Tim Redmond - March 21, 2024

The assailant is not going free; he faces a 10-year prison sentence if he doesn't enter a mandatory mental-health residential treatment program.

Art

This goes out to the moms struggling with mental health, says West Oakland artist

Mary Corbin - March 21, 2024

Multidisciplinary creative Katie Murken channels life in the pursuit of transformation and healing.

News + Politics

What the billionaires want

Tim Redmond - February 21, 2024

The agenda behind the big money is clear—and for more than 40 years, it's been a massive failure that created most of our social problems.

Lit

10 cult classics: Books on charismatic leaders to nourish your squint-eyed cynicism

Zack Ruskin - November 30, 2023

Popularity of follower docs aside, unraveling sects might be best as a book-length pursuit. Here are titles that take on the task.

The Agenda

Supes push back on state-mandated housing disaster

Tim Redmond - November 26, 2023

Plus: An honest discussion about the cops and budget priorities. That's The Agenda for Nov. 26 to Dec. 3

Stage Review

In ‘Before the Sword,’ beloved fantasy author becomes metaphorical Merlin

Charles Lewis III - October 10, 2023

Engaging New Conservatory play puts a (slightly) queer spin on an episode in 'Sword in the Stone' writer TH White's life

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