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Supes, by one vote, reject public advocate plan

Tim Redmond - July 21, 2020

The San Francisco supes today refused by one vote to put a measure on the ballot creating a public advocate to focus on public...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Build your own silent film festival

Dennis Harvey - July 7, 2020

For years the San Francisco Silent Film Festival was a July event, and this summer would have marked its 25th anniversary—but due to you-know-what,...

News + Politics

COVID is devastating the US economy—while the very rich get very richer

Tim Redmond - July 5, 2020

My poor puppy hates the fireworks. They’re loud and unpredictable. There are many theories, some of them pretty out there, as to why so...

News + Politics

OPINION: Defunding the police is just one step

Paul Boden, Molly Beckhardt, and Erin Goodling - July 1, 2020

Black Lives Matter and other abolitionist groups are leading communities across the country to recognize that the criminal justice system is a powerhouse of...

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Screen Grabs: ’90s UK rave scene springs back to life in ‘Beats’

Dennis Harvey - June 26, 2020

The SF International Film Festival that wasn’t a couple months ago—one of COVID-19’s earliest cultural casualties—would have included a 20th-anniversary screening of Greg Harrison’s...

News + Politics

Uber, Lyft drivers take message to CEO’s house

Garrett Leahy - June 25, 2020

For longtime Uber and Lyft driver Hector Castellanos, the fight for classification as an employee under AB5 is personal. For eight months after an...

Housing

Homeless sweeps come back to the Tenderloin

Tiny - June 22, 2020

“They came by and took our tents, said we had to go and not come back or we would be arrested -- you know a...

News + Politics

We don’t need to ‘get back to work’

Steven T. Jones - June 22, 2020

People are dying to get back to work, top Republicans have been saying for the last month, justifying efforts to force the U.S. economy...

News + Politics

Foreign Correspondent: Lessons from the Cuban police

Reese Erlich - June 22, 2020

A group of muscular cops carrying semi-automatic pistols and batons slowly move through the crowd at the end of an outdoor salsa concert. My...

Business + Tech

The plutonium of Artificial Intelligence could be coming to a city near you

Tim Kingston - June 10, 2020

Of all the tools of mass surveillance deployed by law enforcement, private industry and the federal government, Facial Recognition Technology poses by far the...

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Supes, by one vote, reject public advocate plan

Screen Grabs: Build your own silent film festival

COVID is devastating the US economy—while the very rich get very richer

OPINION: Defunding the police is just one step

Screen Grabs: ’90s UK rave scene springs back to life in ‘Beats’

Uber, Lyft drivers take message to CEO’s house

Homeless sweeps come back to the Tenderloin

We don’t need to ‘get back to work’

Foreign Correspondent: Lessons from the Cuban police

The plutonium of Artificial Intelligence could be coming to a city near you

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