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Foreign Correspondent: US beats the drums of war in Iran

Reese Erlich - March 29, 2020

While the world focuses on the coronavirus pandemic, tensions between the US and Iran are heating up. The two countries are engaging in tit-for-tat military...

Arts + Culture

Never mind the Brexit, here’s Mostly British film fest

Dennis Harvey - February 10, 2020

Our political relations with the Britain may be strained at present—last month its Defense Secretary said they were looking for new strategic alliances as...

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent: Who’s at fault for Cuba’s economic problems?

Reese Erlich - January 31, 2020

HAVANA—Chef Alexis Alvarez was in panic mode. He was preparing a gourmet meal for visitors from the United States when the electricity went out....

Housing

Oakland moms make national statement with housing victory

Sam Lew - January 21, 2020

In a huge victory that may change the way Oakland (and other cities) looks at vacant housing, homeless mothers who took over an empty...

Cartooning the Japanese Internment, through George Takei’s eyes

Emily Wilson - January 13, 2020

Harmony Becker, the creator of the comics Himawari Share, Love Potion, and Anemone and Catharus, was at her booth at an indie comic arts show in Brooklyn...

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign correspondent: Trump backs down, but Iran conflict continues

Reese Erlich - January 10, 2020

Trump blinked. After threatening to bomb military and cultural sites in Iran, President Donald Trump has apparently backed down on further escalation in his quasi-war...

Exclusive

What’s really going on with the US and Iran?

Reese Erlich - January 3, 2020

On Jan. 2 a US drone fired a missile on a car caravan leaving the Baghdad airport, killing Iranian Major General Qassem Suleimani and...

News + Politics

Our top stories of 2019

Marke B. - December 28, 2019

From the election of Chesa Boudin and Dean Preston to a renewed spirit of arts and culture in the face of displacement, the 48...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Bombshells, Cats, and Star Wars—must be holiday time

Dennis Harvey - December 17, 2019

As we are now single-digit shopping days from Xmas, the really big multiplex presents are arriving, whether they were on your wish list or...

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent: An open letter to a Trump-supporting friend

Reese Erlich - December 14, 2019

I first met Robby Robertson during the 1969 General Electric strike. He was a young, militant worker fighting for a decent contract and social...

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