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Political power — in San Francisco and Sacramento

Tim Redmond - January 7, 2019

It was a time to celebrate in San Francisco tonight. Progressive groups in Chinatown held a banquet for the new supervisors, who ran on...

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Mayor Breed’s brother should be released from prison

Tim Redmond - December 20, 2018

Jerry Brown is poised to leave office with 740 people on death row and 130,000 others in state prisons, 70 percent of them Black...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Xmas Weekend flicks galore

Dennis Harvey - December 18, 2018

SCEEN GRABS This week brings two major new films about “divisive” American political figures—not exactly what the general public usually wants for Xmas, but...

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Conservatorship: The new ‘ugly laws’

Tiny - December 17, 2018

“This (conservatorship law) sounds like slavery to me,” Memphis, houseless poverty skola reporter for POOR Magazine’s RoofLESS radio, reported after a terrifying town hall on...

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Special Report: Scenes from the migrant caravan in Tijuana, part 1

Fabian Fernandez, Levi Vonk, Seth M. Holmes. - December 5, 2018

Three days ago, anthropologists Seth M. Holmes, Fabian Fernandez, and Levi Vonk returned to UC Berkeley after meeting the migrant caravan in Tijuana. During...

Opinion

Beyond Zuckerberg General Hospital

Bob Prentice - December 5, 2018

The current flap over Supervisor Aaron Peskin’s proposal to remove Mark Zuckerberg’s name from San Francisco General Hospital because of Facebook’s failure to protect...

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Screen Grabs: Another Hole in the Head, Green Book, Shoplifters …

Dennis Harvey - November 18, 2018

SCREEN GRABS As SF bathes in a toxic haze, with citizens walking around like the masked denizens of a dystopian-future movie, it might seem a...

Campaign Trail

Mar declares victory in D4 as Jessica Ho concedes

Tim Redmond - November 8, 2018

Jessica Ho conceded today and Gordon Mar declared victory in the only sup race that was still up in the air, making clear that...

News + Politics

The truth about Prop. C

Nick Large - November 4, 2018

“I’m calling to see what the supervisor is going to do about the tent encampments outside my building.” I am working in the office of...

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A chance at civic leadership, stalemated

John Elberling - November 1, 2018

Upon her election as the "moderate" candidate in a very close race against two "progressive" competitors this June, Mayor Breed told San Francisco: "I’m going...

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Political power — in San Francisco and Sacramento

Mayor Breed’s brother should be released from prison

Screen Grabs: Xmas Weekend flicks galore

Conservatorship: The new ‘ugly laws’

Special Report: Scenes from the migrant caravan in Tijuana, part 1

Beyond Zuckerberg General Hospital

Screen Grabs: Another Hole in the Head, Green Book, Shoplifters …

Mar declares victory in D4 as Jessica Ho concedes

The truth about Prop. C

A chance at civic leadership, stalemated

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