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Lit

Shipwrecks and scurvy: ‘The Wager’ reveals human frailty beneath European colonialism

Lou Fancher - August 23, 2023

Novelist David Grann's tale of 18th-century maritime disaster adds to his record of relentless truth-telling, rats and all

Music

Under the Stars: Kaidi Tatham’s ‘The Only Way’ funnels broken beats through alien portals

John-Paul Shiver - August 16, 2023

Plus: Pharaoh Sanders, Non Plus Temps, and remembering Sinéad through 'Black Boys on Mopeds'

Lit

In endless US wars, some people matter, and some people don’t

Tim Redmond - July 12, 2023

Author Norman Solomon talks about the human toll of the military machine—and why we so rarely hear about it.

Business + Tech

Let’s talk, for real, about taxes

Tim Redmond - July 6, 2023

Almost everything wrong with the US economy is the result of tax cuts for the wealthy. SF shouldn't make the same mistake.

Art

Leigh Wells transcends collage to diagram emotional states

Mary Corbin - June 30, 2023

The Sausalito artist and commercial illustrator turned to abstract art for its evocations of life's interior regions

The Agenda

The New York Times suddenly discovers that neoliberal globalism was a massive fail

Tim Redmond - June 18, 2023

But the paper, like so many political leaders, refuses to admit any responsibility for the crisis that threatens humanity.

News + Politics

Shamann Walton’s path—and his message

Tim Redmond - June 7, 2023

An autobiography tells of a childhood of drugs, violence, and incarceration—and the change that led to a successful political career.

Business + Tech

The ugly side of Silicon Valley

Tim Redmond - May 1, 2023

A new book puts the history of Stanford, Palo Alto, and the tech industry in a very critical, and very relevant, perspective.

Opinion

This time, it’s Nashville. I have lived with this horror my entire life.

JJ Lansing - April 5, 2023

I am of the lockdown, hide, run-for-your-life school-shooting generation. Since politicians can't seem to act, I fear for the next generation.

News + Politics

Michael Shellenberger, who says progressives ruin cities, has alarming transphobic tweets

Tim Redmond - April 3, 2023

Why would anyone take this person's political opinions seriously any more?

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