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Lit

AIDS, sex, and ‘Illuminations on Market Street’

James Tracy - August 14, 2019

LIT Author Benjamin Heim Shepard is a Brooklyn-based activist who has published 10 books, including White Nights and Ascending Shadows: An Oral History of...

Arts + Culture

Joan Jett Blakk for President, perpetually!

Johnny Ray Huston - August 6, 2019

“Hunny, I cannot tell you, it’s so weird being history.” Terence Alan Smith, aka Joan Jett Blakk, is over at my apartment for lunch, and...

Campaign Trail

What happens if Wiener gets challenged from both the right and the left?

Tim Redmond - August 4, 2019

The idea that former state Sen. Quentin Kopp is planning to challenge incumbent Scott Wiener sets up some fascinating political possibilities. I talked to Kopp,...

Foreign Correspondent

Elizabeth Warren on war and peace

Reese Erlich - July 26, 2019

In the last few months Senator Elizabeth Warren has gained ground in public opinion polls tracking the race for the Democratic Party presidential nomination....

Movies

‘The Great Hack’: They’ve got your data, and yes they’ve used it

Joshua Rotter - July 23, 2019

Social network Facebook has faced fierce criticism for its dubious privacy practices for years. In the beginning, it was tracking user activity via "Like"...

Movies

Lulu Wang on good lies and immigrant family ties in ‘The Farewell’

Joshua Rotter - July 16, 2019

Director Lulu Wang’s films are built on secrets and lies. Her 2014 directorial debut, Posthumous, explores what happens when a struggling artist (Jack Huston), who...

Campaign Trail

The stunning corruption that shows why supporters are pushing a Dark Money initiative

Tim Redmond - July 15, 2019

The Board of Supes Rules Committee heard today why the city needs to seriously upgrade its campaign-finance disclosure laws in an era when dark...

News + Politics

Will Newsom sign PG&E bailout bill?

Tim Redmond - July 11, 2019

When the San Francisco Chronicle runs an editorial saying that a PG&E bailout bill is a bad idea because it might undermine the city’s...

Campaign Trail

Deputy Sheriffs Association resorts to bizarre Red Scare tactics in DA race

Tim Redmond - July 10, 2019

The role of law enforcement in the district attorney’s race has become a political issue as the SF Police Officers Association endorsed, then unendorsed,...

News + Politics

What if the ‘moderates’ are wrong, about everything?

Tim Redmond - July 1, 2019

The New York Times went crazy this week with stories about the terror “moderates” are feeling about the direction of the Democratic Party. It...

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