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Foreign Correspondent: The turmoil in Belarus

Reese Erlich - September 24, 2020

Belarusian political activists face a difficult situation, caught between a ruthless dictator and a potential Western takeover of their country.

News + Politics

Gavin Newsom’s climate hypocrisy

Tim Redmond - September 23, 2020

Sure, electric cars are great -- but what about ending oil and gas extraction (including fracking) in California?

Art

Photographer Dorothea Lange’s archive now available online at OMCA

Emily Wilson - September 16, 2020

The collection presents the iconic Lange as the personable creator she was—and a local picturmaker to boot.

News + Politics

Wiener attacks SF supes

Tim Redmond - September 12, 2020

State Senator says board is not functional and harks back to his own days as a supe -- which were only "collegial" when it meant helping Big Tech

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent: Trump plays both sides against the middle

Reese Erlich - September 11, 2020

Is he a hawk? Is he a peacenik? The president keeps us guessing.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Two notorious tricksters return—as does the big screen(?)

Dennis Harvey - September 3, 2020

This week sees the US release at last of what must be the most re-scheduled movie in history, Tenet. Christopher Nolan’s latest Rubik’s Cube-y...

Movies

From stoner cartoon frog to vicious alt-right icon in ‘Feels Good Man’

Pam Grady - September 3, 2020

It is only appropriate that Feels Good Man, Arthur Jones's documentary about cartoonist Matt Furie and his creation Pepe the Frog should screen at...

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...

Campaign Trail

The horror that is the RNC

Tim Redmond - August 25, 2020

I almost couldn’t watch. And I’ve watched a lot of bad politics. The Republican Convention has been something different, a new low beyond the worst...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Flicks for diverse takes on the forces that be

Dennis Harvey - August 25, 2020

From globe-trotting LGBTQ narratives to social justice documentaries (and dramas), there’s a lot of diversity amongst fresh streaming releases this week—as well as some...

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