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Eight ‘Big Ideas’ at MoveOn Forum

Jeantelle Laberinto - June 2, 2019

On Saturday afternoon, eight Democratic presidential hopefuls appeared for MoveOn’s “Big Ideas Forum” in San Francisco. Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Cory Booker, Congressman Beto O’Rourke,...

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Senior housing, mental health — SF supes are pushing bold measures

Tim Redmond - May 29, 2019

Seniors and their allies rallied on the steps of City Hall today to push for legislation that would address a serious, often hidden crisis...

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We’ve been counted and studied. We still don’t have homes.

Tiny - May 22, 2019

“Excuse me, how many of you are sleeping under there?” a nasal voice yelled into the cardboard box my mama and me were sleeping...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: The Nude Vampire, Babylon, Gay USA…

Dennis Harvey - April 30, 2019

SCREEN GRABS For those not glued all weekend to the SF Silent Film Festival (see our preview here), there’s actually another film festival to consider:...

News + Politics

Homeless, at the airport

Tiny - April 22, 2019

“Get up, you have to move along…did you hear me? It’s time to move along…” The hard wood of the baton slammed against the...

Examined Life

Examined Life: On shaky ground

Karen Macklin - April 16, 2019

EXAMINED LIFE We are, none of us, on steady ground. This is a spiritual truth, but it’s also increasingly become a practical truth, especially in...

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Homeless people — in cages

Tiny - March 23, 2019

Here lies the unhoused soldier Killed in the undeclared war on the poor Just tryin to survive outside -- to hide on a bus bench, away from your...

From Mali to Memphis: Dee Dee Bridgewater fires up the soul of her youth

Reese Erlich - March 15, 2019

ALL EARS Two of the great divas of blues and jazz will be performing in the Bay Area this coming week. It's a wonderful opportunity...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Brazilian classics, the Gospel of Eureka, a Silicon Valley scam….

Dennis Harvey - March 11, 2019

SCREEN GRABS Though it doesn’t get the same international nostalgic attention these days accorded similar movements in the US, Europe, and elsewhere, one of...

News + Politics

The inhumanity of homeless ‘sweeps’

Tiny - March 6, 2019

No matter how many times you “sweep” me,“arrest me,” or “study me, it doesn’t give me a home. In 1984, when I was 11 and...

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Eight ‘Big Ideas’ at MoveOn Forum

Senior housing, mental health — SF supes are pushing bold measures

We’ve been counted and studied. We still don’t have homes.

Screen Grabs: The Nude Vampire, Babylon, Gay USA…

Homeless, at the airport

Examined Life: On shaky ground

Homeless people — in cages

From Mali to Memphis: Dee Dee Bridgewater fires up the soul of her youth

Screen Grabs: Brazilian classics, the Gospel of Eureka, a Silicon Valley scam….

The inhumanity of homeless ‘sweeps’

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