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Movies

Screen Grabs: ‘Noir City’ tackles still-relevant issues in black and white

Dennis Harvey - March 21, 2022

Racial strife to potential pandemic, the fest's 19th edition resonates. Plus: Seven Samurai, The Batwoman, Stunt Rock, more

Homelessness

A houseless woman gives birth in a porta potty in Oakland—and the baby lives

Tiny - January 25, 2022

No pre-natal care. Nowhere to go. And yet, thanks to community action, mama and child are okay.

News + Politics

Don’t blame progressives for problems like homelessness, drugs, and crime

Tim Redmond - December 13, 2021

Neoliberal mayors and their failed market-based policies have created the crisis that the left is now trying to solve.

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

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!

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Queens on parade, from Capote to ‘Jamie’

Dennis Harvey - September 13, 2021

Plus: SF Short Film Fest, Crossroads Fest, and a very terrible 'Malignant'

Housing

Bridge housing talks about community empowerment …

Zelda Bronstein - August 27, 2021

... and then supports two bad housing bills that do the exact opposite. And they want my money.

Lit

In ‘Plexiglass,’ a poet illuminates voices of the incarcerated

Margo Perin - August 27, 2021

A new volume offers a critique of the criminal justice system through the lens of prison writing workshops

News + Politics

Oakland activists say they don’t want the CHP to patrol their streets

Garrett Leahy - August 17, 2021

Will more cops really make people of color safer? The community isn't so sure.

Business + Tech

Excess profits tax on billionaires could vaccinate the entire world

Tim Redmond - August 12, 2021

New study shows just how much richer the rich got in the pandemic—and what could be done if we taxed some of that unearned wealth.

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