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Opinion

Solidarity after the massacre of Jews in Pittsburgh

Rabbi Michael Lerner - October 29, 2018

Rabbi Michael Lerner, who leads the Beyt Tikkun Synagogue-Without-Walls in Berkeley and is the editor of Tikkun magazine, sent this out to his community in the...

Campaign Trail

The socialists aren’t leaving the Democratic Party

Tom Gallagher - October 23, 2018

In the October 20 “Willie’s World,” Willie Brown’s often surprisingly informative and entertaining San Francisco Chronicle column, the former mayor and state Assembly speaker...

Onstage

From uproarious meme to poignant play (with salad)

Emily Wilson - October 21, 2018

ONSTAGE Sheila Callaghan appreciates a good meme. Several friends, knowing this, sent her the notorious one of "Women Laughing Alone with Salad,” after the blog...

Foreign Correspondent

What the Khashoggi case tells us about terrorism

Reese Erlich - October 19, 2018

ISTANBUL -- In 2013, an Iranian national living in Texas was sentenced to 25 years in prison for planning to assassinate the Saudi ambassador...

News + Politics

How to build on the #MeToo movement — at home

Bianca Rosen - October 18, 2018

When we discuss anti-rape activism in the year since the #MeToo hashtag went viral, it is crucial to acknowledge the decades of work by...

Onstage

25 cheers for the Kinsey Sicks!

Marke B. - October 3, 2018

ONSTAGE Creamy voices, sharp tongues, bright dresses, and a whole lot of hairspray have been the calling cards of "dragapella" performance quartet the Kinsey Sicks...

The Mekons’ Sally Timms twangs in to support Community Land Trust

James De Julius - October 3, 2018

“The Mekons are the most revolutionary group in the history of rock ‘n’ roll.” —Lester Bangs Emerging in Leeds, England, in 1977, the Mekons came...

News + Politics

The wolves of Wall Street, here in San Francisco

Jessica Lindquist - September 10, 2018

Nicole has resorted to storing her wages in an office desk drawer at her place of work after funds she was saving for a...

Foreign Correspondent

The complex politics of Myanmar …

Reese Erlich - September 7, 2018

I sneaked into Myanmar on a tourist visa because the military junta running the country made it almost impossible to travel as a journalist....

Campaign Trail

Prop. C will define progressive politics in SF

Tim Redmond - August 20, 2018

The most important measure to address homelessness in San Francisco in years now has a ballot designation: It’s Proposition C. And on the state level,...

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