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COVID

Will COVID kill capitalism?

Tiny - April 20, 2020

“I have a Case of Toilet Paper, I’ll bring it over tomorrow,” said Reena, a now-unemployed accountant from Alameda. “I have a box of organic...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: More marathon movies to help sustain you

Dennis Harvey - April 15, 2020

Part 2 in our survey of really, really long films for your sequestrian pleasure casts its big net over films from around the globe,...

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...

News + Politics

The virus of poverty

Tiny - March 22, 2020

I was born into a deadly Virus No it wasn’t in the time of MERS, Ebola or Osiris - It was a disease that kills- that...

Housing

It’s easy to find housing in SF — if you’re in the 1 percent

Tim Redmond - February 23, 2020

The Chron put the story on the front page of the Sunday paper: There is no housing crisis in San Francisco. It is a good...

Arts + Culture

Sarah Patterson named executive director of Folsom Street Events

Marke B. - January 29, 2020

The annual Folsom Street Fair in September is the biggest kink and BDSM-centered event in the world (and one of the city's biggest festivals)....

Dance

Fiery flamenco meets rousing gospel in ‘Soul Y Alma’

Joshua Rotter - January 27, 2020

Since taking the helm of Theatre Flamenco in 2008, artistic director, choreographer, and dancer Carola Zertuche has made it her mission to take the...

News + Politics

Police Commission votes against using cops to address homelessness

Sam Lew - January 16, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO — Police commissioners unanimously voted to pass a resolution Wednesday to address homelessness through healthcare professionals and social workers rather than police. The resolution...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: A very contemporary Les Misérables

Dennis Harvey - January 14, 2020

This very random week at the movies features two big franchise reboots. Doolittle is from writer-director Stephen Gaghan, previously associated with such very grown-up...

Housing

Moms4Housing stand up to eviction

Tiny - January 13, 2020

UPDATE: The Sheriff's Office forcibly evicted the Moms this morning. https://twitter.com/LeftSentThis/status/1217138736560930817 Dominique Walker issued the following statement: “We’ve heard from people all over the world who are...

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