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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...

News + Politics

DA Chesa Boudin sworn in with promises of dramatic reform

Tim Redmond - January 8, 2020

A reformer who has promised to shake up the broken criminal justice system was sworn into office Thursday, with a promise to end cash...

News + Politics

The violence of wealth-hoarding

Tiny - December 27, 2019

Your ambivalence is violence Your paralysis is more homelessness Your hoarding creates our impoverished life story I have shared with descendants of wealth-hoarders, land stealers who know that...

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent: What’s next for Bolivia after military coup?

Reese Erlich - November 29, 2019

In 2005, I sat in a lounge off the Senate chamber in La Paz, Bolivia, waiting for an interview. I was wearing my best...

Housing

Swept to death

Tiny - November 27, 2019

“We know Caltrans has two trucks, one for the stuff they think they can sell, one for the stuff they throw away,” said Rosa...

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent: A New Arab Spring in Lebanon and Iraq

Reese Erlich - November 16, 2019

Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and Lebanese have been demonstrating in the streets against corruption and for democratic rights. The protestors come from all...

News + Politics

The Street Sheet: 30 years of journalism by and for homeless people

TJ Johnston - November 1, 2019

Since 2001, I’ve been involved with Street Sheet in some capacity — at first as a freelancer, and now as a sort-of managing editor...

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Fiery flamenco meets rousing gospel in ‘Soul Y Alma’

Police Commission votes against using cops to address homelessness

Screen Grabs: A very contemporary Les Misérables

Moms4Housing stand up to eviction

DA Chesa Boudin sworn in with promises of dramatic reform

The violence of wealth-hoarding

Foreign Correspondent: What’s next for Bolivia after military coup?

Swept to death

Foreign Correspondent: A New Arab Spring in Lebanon and Iraq

The Street Sheet: 30 years of journalism by and for homeless people

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