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Homelessness

Old SF money backing stealthy new right-wing group

Tim Redmond - August 31, 2020

Most start-up political organizations like a splash. They hold news events, press conferences, big galas to say: We have arrived. This is who we...

Business + Tech

How Big Philanthropy undermines democracy

Tim Redmond - July 29, 2020

I have never believed that Big Philanthropy was the solution to economic inequality. The very, very rich give money to organizations and institutions that...

News + Politics

Large majority of voters support tax on millionaires

Tim Redmond - June 9, 2020

Some 70 percent of California voters would support a higher tax on income above $1 million, a new poll shows. The survey, by the highly...

News + Politics

We’re all outside agitators at this point

David Talbot - May 31, 2020

We all knew America was a powder keg and, we all knew it had to blow up. Endless police or vigilante violence against Black...

Business + Tech

The future of cities—and the one percent

Tim Redmond - May 19, 2020

The New York Times devoted its entire Sunday Review section this week to an analysis of the future of cities. It’s a critical topic:...

Lit

A Drag Queen Story Hour star and activist publishes her own kids’ book

Joshua Rotter - May 5, 2020

For the majority of Americans, drag queens are performers they catch every Friday night on RuPaul’s Drag Race or at their local gay bar...

Housing

Affordable housing is a great bargain for SF

Calvin Welch - March 5, 2020

A recent New York Times article, headlined "Why Does it Cost $750,000 to Build Affordable Housing in San Francisco," continues the Gray Lady's endless...

News + Politics

The misleading reports (and reporting) on Prop. E

Tim Redmond - February 2, 2020

I was around in 1986, when the San Francisco Chronicle, along with most of the political power structure of the city, argued that Proposition...

News + Politics

How the NY Times bungled coverage of the Warren/Sanders tax plans

Tim Redmond - October 3, 2019

I read The New York Times every day. I know people who have worked for the paper, and most of them are experienced professionals...

Campaign Trail

The end of Joe Biden as a serious candidate for president

Tim Redmond - June 27, 2019

The second round of the Great Debate tonight -- and it's a flawed concept -- started with a kind of bogus question about socialism....

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Old SF money backing stealthy new right-wing group

How Big Philanthropy undermines democracy

Large majority of voters support tax on millionaires

We’re all outside agitators at this point

The future of cities—and the one percent

A Drag Queen Story Hour star and activist publishes her own kids’ book

Affordable housing is a great bargain for SF

The misleading reports (and reporting) on Prop. E

How the NY Times bungled coverage of the Warren/Sanders tax plans

The end of Joe Biden as a serious candidate for president

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