Stories about Poverty
“What does it mean to be a good person?”
'The Good Person of Szechwan' at Cal Shakes delivers an invigoratingly moral, musical take on Brecht's agit-prop classic.
Fewer’s racial-equity plan could change the way SF makes policy
A new office would analyze legislation through a lens that has been missing from city policy -- and could lead to some dramatic changes in the political discussion.
Magnificent obsession with Cate Le Bon
Five words to describe the rewards of following the brilliant, peripatetic songwriter through her musical inventions.
People in cages, Earth under attack in occupied colonial land
Horrors and some nasty surprises on a poverty tour of the Southwest
State bill could allow undocumented workers to claim tax credit
More than 1 million Californians could benefit from this anti-poverty program -- but activists are worried about Gov. Newsom.
Eight ‘Big Ideas’ at MoveOn Forum
Candidate platforms show how much the politics of the Democratic Party have moved to the left.
Senior housing, mental health — SF supes are pushing bold measures
The big policy ideas right now are not coming out of the Mayor's Office.
We’ve been counted and studied. We still don’t have homes.
Big surprise: The number show more homeless people on the streets. Now let's do something about it -- not just "sweep" people out of sight.
Screen Grabs: The Nude Vampire, Babylon, Gay USA…
Retro delights on tap, including Dr. Ruth and 8-track tapes, plus French hustlers, a Merce Cunningham tribute, and more in cinemas this week.
Homeless, at the airport
The view from LaGuardia, where people hide and move along and live in a world where there's no place for poor people to go.