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News + Politics

No “Happy Women’s Day” at Mexico City’s radical March 8 protests

Caitlin Donohue - March 11, 2021

With powerful determination, feminists faced down the metal walls rape apologist President AMLO built to keep them under control.

News + Politics

Oakland cops spend little time on violent crime

Tim Redmond - March 10, 2021

New study shows less than five percent of police calls involve situations that require armed officer response.

Lit

Books: ‘Drug Use for Grown-Ups’— everything we think about illegal drugs is wrong

Bruce Mirken - March 10, 2021

Carl L. Hart's book dismantles anti-drug propaganda, prodding an honest dialogue about prohibition and addiction.

Culture

Behold, Garfield—now a joyful online leftist icon, lasagna and all

Katia Hollis - March 9, 2021

In the endless meme wars, Garfield has been granted a decidedly different fate than infamous Pepe the Frog.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Celebrating neglected SF filmmaker Sara Kathryn Arledge

Dennis Harvey - March 8, 2021

Plus: More women on screen, from Crystal Z Campbell and 'Sophie Jones' to graffiti photos and EDM inequality

Movies

Performing poverty in ‘Nomadland’ and ‘White Tiger’

Tiny - March 7, 2021

Two acclaimed movies from poverty outsiders don't go far enough in exposing wealth-hoarding and corporate slavery.

Art

In a year of protest and change, YBCA 100 highlights vital activist-artists

Emily Wilson - March 1, 2021

The annual list of honorees focuses on organizers, educators, and creators whose work reaches deep into community.

Music

New Music: Brijean’s lovely ‘Feelings’ updates mellow disco flair with cool-out confidence

John-Paul Shiver - February 26, 2021

After all we've been through, the perfect record for a cold one in your right hand and a cute one on your left.

Homelessness

The bad narrative of ‘bad choices’

Tiny - February 25, 2021

It's an easy way to look away and blame homelessness on poor people.

Movies

Screen Grabs: A fantastical hybrid from Ivory Coast in ‘Night of the Kings,’ more

Dennis Harvey - February 25, 2021

While the increased demand for streaming content hasn’t greatly diversified the mainstream—Amazon Prime Video just announced a severe curtailing in its documentary acquisitions, a...

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