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Wearing a mask is a political statement—that you care about community

Tim Redmond - June 22, 2020

Donald Trump has – no surprise – turned a basic public-health practice into a political issue, putting millions of lives at risk. Trump has consistently...

Culture

Generations of activism: Checking in with Cleve Jones

Joshua Rotter - June 18, 2020

The LGBTQ community has already survived the tragic loss of Harvey Milk, the deaths of hundreds of thousands during the AIDS pandemic, and decades...

Culture

Screen Grabs: Two movies so bad they’re (almost) good

Dennis Harvey - June 16, 2020

This last Sunday marked our POTUS’ birthday—he’s now 74, never mind that he frequently plays the “too old” card on people just a couple...

News + Politics

Women’s protest calls for justice and equality

Garrett Leahy - June 14, 2020

Salam Asmerom works as a nurse at a wellness center in San Francisco. Not long ago, she told me, she encountered a patient who...

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...

The Agenda

Breed’s choices on cops and homeless face challenges

Tim Redmond - June 8, 2020

The full Board of Supes will decide Tuesday/8 whether to reject Mayor London Breed’s two nominees to the Police Commission. The vote will come as...

News + Politics

Big money from the cops is becoming politically toxic

Tim Redmond - June 5, 2020

One of the positive results of the past week of in-the-streets outrage is the increased focus on politicians who take money from law-enforcement organizations...

Opinion

People protested peacefully — and things got worse

Davey D Cook - May 31, 2020

Look these damn people tearing up their community...burning shit... what does all this rioting accomplish? I’m not sure -- but when people were kicking up...

News + Politics

Which side of the ‘house divided’ are you on?

Scott Soriano - May 31, 2020

This morning I made the dire mistake of reading twitter comments on a San Francisco Chronicle report of protesters at SF Mayor London Breed's...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: What’s a long weekend? It’s staycation stream time

Dennis Harvey - May 22, 2020

It’ll be odd to have a Memorial Day weekend under quarantine—or one without, presumably, the usual exodus of city dwellers to other destinations—but there...

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Wearing a mask is a political statement—that you care about community

Generations of activism: Checking in with Cleve Jones

Screen Grabs: Two movies so bad they’re (almost) good

Women’s protest calls for justice and equality

Large majority of voters support tax on millionaires

Breed’s choices on cops and homeless face challenges

Big money from the cops is becoming politically toxic

People protested peacefully — and things got worse

Which side of the ‘house divided’ are you on?

Screen Grabs: What’s a long weekend? It’s staycation stream time

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