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Labor

‘It’s always been there:’ Dolores Huerta speaks out on racism and Jim Crow

Dennis J. Bernstein - August 29, 2021

At 91, the co-founder of the United Farmworkers Union is still active and speaking out against voter suppression.

News + Politics

Some warned 20 years ago that the US was creating a disaster in Afghanistan

Tim Redmond - August 15, 2021

Plus: SF just lost two notable activists, James Hormel and Alvin Duskin. That's The Agenda for August 15-22

News + Politics

Why is Biden continuing to starve the people in Cuba?

Dennis Antenore - July 25, 2021

It makes no sense to continue Trump’s policies. They benefit nobody.

News + Politics

Bay Area residents join efforts to end ‘merciless’ blockade of Cuba

Mark Ginsburg - July 4, 2021

Biden is still enforcing Trump's harsh sanctions despite a 184-2 UN statement of condemnation.

Music

The smoky, not-country newness of Faye Webster’s ‘I Know I’m Funny haha’

John-Paul Shiver - July 4, 2021

Traditional strummers may opt for that repeated whiskey burn, but Webster's Atlanta sound is not thirsty

Labor

Biden, despite promises, has still issued no COVID standards for workplaces

Marc Norton - June 21, 2021

The pandemic is not over -- but workers still have no federal protections.

The Agenda

SF supes want an end to tear gas and rubber bullets at peaceful demos

Tim Redmond - May 23, 2021

Plus: What are we going to do about all of those parklets as the city opens up again? That's The Agenda for May 24-31

News + Politics

A Democratic president actually talks about taxing the very rich

Tim Redmond - April 28, 2021

Thank Bernie Sanders, Black Lives Matter, Occupy Wall Street and other organizers and activists for forcing the Democratic Party to the left

Food & Drink

Good Taste: Snack attack! Tiramisu bomboloni, loaded Spuddy Buddies, tamale care packages…

Tamara Palmer - March 16, 2021

Plus: Chinatown pop-ups, Matzo Crunch—and how to score with Ken, the sushi spot that plays hard to get

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent: Biden drops bombs in the Middle East

Reese Erlich - March 5, 2021

The new president continues the failed policies of his predecessors.

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‘It’s always been there:’ Dolores Huerta speaks out on racism and Jim Crow

Some warned 20 years ago that the US was creating a disaster in Afghanistan

Why is Biden continuing to starve the people in Cuba?

Bay Area residents join efforts to end ‘merciless’ blockade of Cuba

The smoky, not-country newness of Faye Webster’s ‘I Know I’m Funny haha’

Biden, despite promises, has still issued no COVID standards for workplaces

SF supes want an end to tear gas and rubber bullets at peaceful demos

A Democratic president actually talks about taxing the very rich

Good Taste: Snack attack! Tiramisu bomboloni, loaded Spuddy Buddies, tamale care packages…

Foreign Correspondent: Biden drops bombs in the Middle East

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