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COVID

COVID denial is a grim rerun of AIDS denialism

Bruce Mirken - November 17, 2020

Two decades ago, a cult-like crowd believed that HIV was harmless and AIDS was a plot. Many of them ended up dead.

Best of the Bay

Best of the Bay 2020 Readers’ Stories of Resilience and Inspiration

Marke B. - November 12, 2020

We asked our readers for stories of Bay Area strength and celebration—your responses gave us hope for the new year.

News + Politics

Where will homeless people moved out of hotels go?

Tim Redmond - November 8, 2020

Plus: A continuing progressive majority on the board, protections for small businesses -- and who in SF is going to DC? That's The Agenda for Nov. 8-16

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Watching from the thick of it all

Dennis Harvey - November 5, 2020

This week sees a gaggle of releases that seem appropriate for our anxiety-fraught moment. (Although we're hoping for good news)

Onstage

This weekend, The Breath Project streams 24 nationwide theater works in honor of George Floyd

Emily Wilson - October 23, 2020

"It’s another brick in the wall. Or rather, we’re taking the wall down, so it’s a brick out of the wall.”

News + Politics

Holding the SF cops accountable

Tim Redmond - October 18, 2020

Plus building on toxic waste sites and the legacy of Alex Nieto ... that's The Agenda for Oct.18-25

Opinion

SF’s economic recovery plan: Trumpism on the local level

Calvin Welch - October 13, 2020

It's all about governmental deregulation and public subsidy of private profit -- while ignoring the manifest needs of everyday people.

Housing

The mystery of Newsom’s 3.5 million housing units shortage

Zelda Bronstein - October 9, 2020

The data shows that the figure the governor still uses to justify his policies is just wrong.

Elections

Democrat in D7 race helps pay for Republican candidate’s mailer

Tim Redmond - October 6, 2020

Joel Engardio is on a one-two slate with right-wing GOP hopeful -- and the mayor is now endorsing both Engardio and Myrna Melgar.

Housing

Planning commission rejects condo plan for building where seniors were evicted

Tim Redmond - October 1, 2020

In a 3-3 vote (the supes appointees on one side, the mayor's on the other) panel refuses to give financial windfall to owners a property where Ellis Act eviction took place.

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