Obama Archives - Page 2 of 22

Stage Review

‘POTUS’ may be a dumbass, but the satire is toothless, alas

Charles Lewis III - October 3, 2023

Berkeley Rep comedy wants to show how hard women work behind powerful men, yet lands in generic sitcom territory.

Music

Under the Stars: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass breezes in with the fall

John-Paul Shiver - September 26, 2023

Plus: Pharoah Sanders, La Doña, TRICKY FM, Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids, local punk posse Spiral Dub, more music

Homelessness

Some city officials are asking the courts to endorse more homeless sweeps

Tim Redmond - August 17, 2023

I got a press release this morning from the South Beach Democratic Club, which reads as follows: Supervisor Dorsey and Supervisor Mandelman will be holding...

Drug policy

The myth of drug cartels is a cover for state-sanctioned violence

Caitlin Donohue - August 11, 2023

Author Oswaldo Zavala says the way we think about Mexican narcos is all wrong

Music

Killer Mike: ‘I’ve been making dope music for 20 years, but people haven’t really met me’

Joshua Rotter - July 24, 2023

On rapper's new album 'Michael,' things he's long needed to say about himself and the state of the world

News + Politics

Why I went to DC to protest Biden’s foolish and cruel policy on Cuba

Mark Ginsburg - July 3, 2023

The ongoing economic blockade, a relic of Trump, makes no geopolitical or human sense.

City Hall

Breed says she wants even more power

Tim Redmond - June 27, 2023

In national podcast, she says she missed the pandemic days when she had emergency authority and calls for limits on what supes can do.

News + Politics

A first glimpse at the two progressive candidates for US Senate

Tim Redmond - May 16, 2023

Working Families Party forum brought Lee and Porter to a statewide progressive audience—and both still have some work to do.

Lit

11+ books that stuck with us in 2022 (and a good part come from the East Bay)

Lou Fancher - January 2, 2023

Leila Mottley, Hua Hsu, Ibram X. Kendi, Ericka Huggins, even an appearance by Barack Obama on this year's list

Lit

Obama in Charleston: ‘Grace’ delves into White House response to horrific hate crime

Lou Fancher - December 2, 2022

White House Chief Speechwriter Cody Keenan reflects on pressures and transcendence of '10 Days in the Battle for America'

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