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Opinion

Academia, displacement, and the dorm-industrial complex

Tiny - June 22, 2022

From Columbia's Manhattanville to UC Berkeley in People's Park, luxury student housing can lead to gentrification

Economy

What if we let artists and homeless people take over all the empty SF office space?

Tim Redmond - May 18, 2022

The old work model is over, and downtown and the local economy is going to suffer—unless we get creative about the future.

Music

Under the Stars: The hip-hop field re-energized, from Black Star to UglyFace

John-Paul Shiver - May 17, 2022

Plus: Slumberland on tour, excellent Australian soul-jazz, Arp's 'New Pleasures,' Vetiver, Kolumbo, more music

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Matter-of-fact horror of Ukraine war in ‘Reflection’

Dennis Harvey - May 9, 2022

Plus: Mascarpone's gay rom-com delight, Nick Cave's macabre ornaments, Christina Ricci's Monstrous, ABBA: The Movie, more

Movies

Screen Grabs: 50 years on, ‘Pink Flamingos’ is still a delightfully absurdist shock

Dennis Harvey - March 14, 2022

Plus: Timely tales of Russian-European friendship and war, Unnamed Footage Fest, Hawaiian psychedelia, more

Police

Justice for Tyrell Wilson, homeless and dead in a largely white town

Tiny - September 27, 2021

The challenges of 'not looking dangerous' in the California suburbs

Housing

Robots in the crash pad: The twisted takeover of the Red Victorian Hotel

Natalia Robyns-Kresich - September 21, 2021

How Haight Ashbury countercultural ideals were distorted by a tech "co-living" experiment, and a trans performance community was displaced.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Fighting back, from Armenian revolution to Civil Rights struggle

Dennis Harvey - September 20, 2021

Plus: An in-depth look inside Balanchine's notorious ballet classroom. New movies!

The Agenda

Should SF ban the no-knock warrants that lead to Breonna Taylor’s death?

Tim Redmond - September 19, 2021

Plus: Juvenile justice, small-business rent relief, and a 'beach-to-the-Bay' bike path. That's The Agenda for Sept. 20-26.

Opinion

Opinion: The Great Highway shutdown fiasco

Steven Hill - September 9, 2021

It's worse for the environment. It's infuriated residents. The city needs to rethink the highway closure—now, when a compromise is possible.

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