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Racism — and politics — in SF Redevelopment history

John Elberling - February 22, 2017

Bad history -- even when well-intended -- gives me a headache, because it so often misses and conceals far more important truths. To wit,...

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What we saw at Sundance 2017: Documentaries

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - February 7, 2017

The 33rd Annual Sundance Film Festival took place during the snowiest winter of the past 10 years in Park City, Utah. Even with a...

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The agenda: What’s ‘divisive’?

Tim Redmond - February 6, 2017

I keep hearing the same song from one side of San Francisco’s Democratic Party, and it goes like this: We are all Democrats here, and...

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The spirit of Standing Rock

Tiny - January 12, 2017

Each step a prayer, through snow so deep your body can’t think. Sharp blue sky filled with whispers from ancestors, a river so sacred...

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Obama, the rich, and fair taxes

Tim Redmond - January 11, 2017

There are two things I took away from President Obama’s final address. Well, three. First, it demonstrated once again what it’s like to have a...

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Trump means war. Let’s not forget that

Marc Norton - January 10, 2017

On Saturday afternoon, January 7, 2017, I attended an indoor rally entitled United Against Trump at the Women’s Building in San Francisco. The room...

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What the police won’t tell you about the Amilcar Lopez killing

Father Richard Smith - December 19, 2016

San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon says he’s about to announce his long-awaited decision about whether to charge the officers who killed Amilcar Perez...

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Homelessness and colonial media

Tiny - December 7, 2016

"The Homeless caused the fires, they are always leaving trash and causing a mess everywhere they go," read the headline scrolling across the...

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Does California need to secede?

Tim Redmond - November 9, 2016

There was enough talk on Twitter this morning about California seceding from the United States to merit a story on CBS News. I don’t...

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OPINION: Some SF ballot measures Donald Trump would love

Fernando Marti and Peter Cohen - October 28, 2016

This November, the nation will face the possibility of electing a ruthless real estate developer whose rhetoric is filled with reactionary outbursts, misogyny, racism,...

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