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Laborfest 2020 highlights global struggle from Vietnam to George Floyd uprising

Marke B. - July 1, 2020

The George Floyd uprising, the massive Juneteenth Oakland port blockade, gig workers protesting outside CEO's houses: All of these in the past month have...

News + Politics

Black youth a new organizing force in Oakland

Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí - June 30, 2020

As former Black Panther Angela Davis spoke to the crowd of thousands that had gathered at the Port of Oakland June 19 to protest...

News + Politics

Harry Britt, LGBT progressive pioneer, dies at 82

Tim Redmond - June 24, 2020

Harry Britt, who was a pioneering LGBTQ leader as well as a champion of the city’s left, died today at 82. Britt was a close...

Housing

Supes look to protect SRO residents

Tim Redmond - May 18, 2020

The Board of Supes Finance Committee approved today emergency legislation aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19 in single-room occupancy hotels. The measure by Sup....

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Horse Feathers!—and even more great comedy streaming

Dennis Harvey - April 10, 2020

Before winding up, for the time being at least, our survey of cinematic comedies that will lighten up your house arrest sojourn (part one...

New Music: The Seshen’s sonic-visual journey through ‘Cyan’

John-Paul Shiver - February 26, 2020

Forget it. This version of longtime favorite band The Seshen (playing Thu/27 at Rickshaw Stop)—where lead vocalist and lyricist Lalin St. Juste emancipates herself and this...

News + Politics

Why Richmond said No to coal

Tom Molanphy - January 19, 2020

On Tuesday, January 14, to the delight of environmentalists and health advocates and the consternation of the coal industry, the Richmond City Council passed...

Arts + Culture

At Zinn Fair, Peter Cole explores SF’s unique history of labor and race

James Tracy - December 3, 2019

In Dockworker Power: Race and Activism in South Africa and the San Francisco Bay Area, labor historian Peter Cole uncovers the undocumented history of waterfront...

Housing

Is Mayor Breed planning more homeless sweeps?

Tim Redmond - November 20, 2019

A press release from the Mayor’s Office arrived in my inbox two days ago, to wit: Mayor London N. Breed today joined City officials and...

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent: Trump’s piracy on the high seas

Reese Erlich - September 20, 2019

ISTANBUL— The drone attack on Saudi Arabia oil facilities on September 14 is jolting the entire Middle East, the latest incident in a months-long battle between...

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