Poor Archives - 48 hills

Drug policy

Breed looks for political points by finding more ways to punish poor people

Tim Redmond - September 27, 2023

The latest: Drug testing for welfare recipients, which will never work and probably never happen. Do we live in San Francisco or Texas?

Media

Media coverage of reparations hearing runs from bad to worse

Tim Redmond - September 19, 2023

News outlets miss the point, ignore the context, and can't even do basic math.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Dance Film Fest leaps onto screen—and out of prison yards

Dennis Harvey - September 18, 2023

Plus: Carlos Santana's story, Cambodian cinema showcase, 'North by Northwest' in 35mm, and campy hell on wheels

Lit

Corporate propaganda has cost 90 percent of US residents $47 trillion. Here’s why

Tim Redmond - September 15, 2023

Eminent science historian Naomi Oreskes talks about business, government, and her groundbreaking new book, 'The Big Myth.'

Movies

‘Cassandro’ director: ‘Even in the macho wrestling world, a flamboyant gay man broke down walls’

Pam Grady - September 14, 2023

Roger Ross Williams on filming the incredible story of the Mexican lucha libre star with Gael García Bernal

Opinion

OPINION: Kafka’s Statue of Liberty

Joel Schechter - September 11, 2023

Is the symbol of the US holding a torch—or a sword?

Movies

Screen Grabs: Listening to legends of the Bayou with Les Blank

Dennis Harvey - September 11, 2023

'I Went to the Dance' delights. Plus: powerful immigrant saga 'Marisol,' redevelopment dilemma in 'White Building'

Movies

Screen Grabs: Getting warm and fuzzy over ‘Terminator 2’ and ‘Aliens’

Dennis Harvey - September 6, 2023

Plus: Recalling the erotic thriller craze, creepy 'Good Boy,' terrifying 'Klondike,' cute 'Aristotle and Dante,' more

News + Politics

The scariest book I’ve read this year

Bruce Mirken - August 31, 2023

'The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich' has lessons for us all—right now

Movies

Screen Grabs: You’re cordially invited to an HOA meeting from hell

Dennis Harvey - August 30, 2023

Plus: Hilary Swank is 'The Good Mother' and 'Goldfish' pulls off a big, messy portrait of dementia

Tagged with: Poor

Breed looks for political points by finding more ways to punish poor people

Media coverage of reparations hearing runs from bad to worse

Screen Grabs: Dance Film Fest leaps onto screen—and out of prison yards

Corporate propaganda has cost 90 percent of US residents $47 trillion. Here’s why

‘Cassandro’ director: ‘Even in the macho wrestling world, a flamboyant gay man broke down walls’

OPINION: Kafka’s Statue of Liberty

Screen Grabs: Listening to legends of the Bayou with Les Blank

Screen Grabs: Getting warm and fuzzy over ‘Terminator 2’ and ‘Aliens’

The scariest book I’ve read this year

Screen Grabs: You’re cordially invited to an HOA meeting from hell

News

Politics

Arts

Culture