Politics Archives - Page 18 of 90

Labor

With Ed Asner, you always got what you saw—integrity

Tim Paulson - September 6, 2021

Remembering a devoted, consistent, and aggressive labor leader.

Crime

The data supports Chesa Boudin’s record: Why doesn’t the media tell us that?

Tim Redmond - August 22, 2021

Boudin is charging cases at the same rate as other local DAs. He has increased prosecutions of sexual assault cases. But the "balanced" Chron misses the point.

Housing

Two major developer-driven housing bills head for Assembly floor

Tim Redmond - August 19, 2021

Newsom may soon be asked to sign deregulation measures—at a time when Wall Street is moving fast into the CA housing market.

News + Politics

Some warned 20 years ago that the US was creating a disaster in Afghanistan

Tim Redmond - August 15, 2021

Plus: SF just lost two notable activists, James Hormel and Alvin Duskin. That's The Agenda for August 15-22

Movies

Drag legend Terence Alan Smith takes center stage in ‘The Beauty President’

Alex Arabian - August 12, 2021

As Joan Jett Blakk, the performer made two historic runs for president. A new short film asks what could have been.

Housing

Wiener supports giant project pushed through with no neighborhood input

Tim Redmond - August 11, 2021

At town hall, senators says that Yimbys 'are the best thing that's happened' and said he supports a massive Potrero Hill project that avoids Planning Commission approval.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: ‘Homeroom’ dives deep into a crisis-riven Oakland school year

Dennis Harvey - August 10, 2021

Plus: Infamous '90s ambulance-chasing in 'Whirlybird' and a great free documentary series at BAMPFA outdoors

News + Politics

No means No

Tim Redmond - August 9, 2021

If someone says you raped them after you had what you decided was consensual sex, you did something very wrong.

City Hall

After more than a century, PG&E is finally on the ropes in San Francisco

Tim Redmond - August 1, 2021

The city's moving to establish a public-power system—but we should also talk about accountability for the politicians and media that enabled an illegal monopoly for so long.

Culture

Vintage to ‘nowstalgia’: Hands up for Community Thrift’s charitable treasures

John-Paul Shiver - July 30, 2021

The Mission store has survived AIDS, gentrification, and COVID to keep giving back, for almost 40 years

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