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Labor

Giants ballpark workers set strike vote

Tim Redmond - August 31, 2021

Low wages, poor COVID safety, and a dismissive attitude by team management could lead to picket lines during the pennant race.

Labor

‘Don’t be a Giant idiot’—workers demand better COVID safety at ballpark

Marc Norton - August 30, 2021

Growing number of positive tests set off alarm among the people who serve food and beverages at Oracle Park.

Labor

‘It’s always been there:’ Dolores Huerta speaks out on racism and Jim Crow

Dennis J. Bernstein - August 29, 2021

At 91, the co-founder of the United Farmworkers Union is still active and speaking out against voter suppression.

COVID

A public health nurse makes the case for vaccine and mask mandates

Sasha Cuttler - August 16, 2021

Testing alone has simply not worked. We call this 'universal precautions'—and it has to be part of our response to the ongoing pandemic.

Movies

Drag legend Terence Alan Smith takes center stage in ‘The Beauty President’

Alex Arabian - August 12, 2021

As Joan Jett Blakk, the performer made two historic runs for president. A new short film asks what could have been.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: ‘Homeroom’ dives deep into a crisis-riven Oakland school year

Dennis Harvey - August 10, 2021

Plus: Infamous '90s ambulance-chasing in 'Whirlybird' and a great free documentary series at BAMPFA outdoors

Housing

Study: New housing for the rich leads to more evictions for the poor

Tim Redmond - August 8, 2021

Data from Madison Wisconsin could have implications for efforts to force more market-rate development into vulnerable SF neighborhoods.

Homelessness

Homelessness—and failed solutions— in Salt Lake City and Denver

Tiny - August 8, 2021

Sweeps and attacks on the unhoused are not just happening in the Bay Area; it's a national problem.

Movies

From ‘Edge of Seventeen’ to ‘Swan Song,’ a queer director salutes Sandusky

Joshua Rotter - August 4, 2021

Rounding out a trilogy of semi-autobiographical Ohio tales, Todd Stephens' latest memorializes a senior drag legend.

Opinion

The campaign against CRT is all about preserving white privilege

Bruce Mirken - July 28, 2021

That's the story the right-wing politicians don't want to talk about—because it's still a very real part of American life.

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Giants ballpark workers set strike vote

‘Don’t be a Giant idiot’—workers demand better COVID safety at ballpark

‘It’s always been there:’ Dolores Huerta speaks out on racism and Jim Crow

A public health nurse makes the case for vaccine and mask mandates

Drag legend Terence Alan Smith takes center stage in ‘The Beauty President’

Screen Grabs: ‘Homeroom’ dives deep into a crisis-riven Oakland school year

Study: New housing for the rich leads to more evictions for the poor

Homelessness—and failed solutions— in Salt Lake City and Denver

From ‘Edge of Seventeen’ to ‘Swan Song,’ a queer director salutes Sandusky

The campaign against CRT is all about preserving white privilege

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