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Suit: California has illegally suspended licenses of more than 600,000 drivers

Sana Saleem - October 25, 2016

A lawsuit filed in the Alameda County Superior Court on Tuesday argues that the state of California has illegally suspended licenses of more than...

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Why I hate Columbus Day

Tommi Avicolli Mecca - October 9, 2016

I hate October 12. It’s the day I’m supposed to wave la bandiera d’Italia, the Italian flag. I'm proud to be southern Italian, which means,...

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Obama’s supply-side toolkit attacks local housing policy

Calvin Welch - October 4, 2016

On September 27th the Obama administration released a "Housing Development Toolkit" promoting a deregulation program for market rate housing development at the local level....

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The battle for Midtown: A community housing struggle

Natalia Robyns-Kresich - September 23, 2016

The weekly tenant meetings of the residents of Midtown Park Apartments at the corner of Geary and Divisadero always begin and end with a...

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Juanga’s amor eterno

Leo Herrera - August 31, 2016

The first song I ever loved was El Noa Noa by Juan Gabriel. My mother was so obsessed with it, the title became one...

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The Agenda, July 5-10: Did the Homeless Project work?

Tim Redmond - July 4, 2016

So we all wrote about homelessness last week, 48hills and most of the rest of the local news media, and the goal – as...

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For homeless people, normal life becomes ‘dangerous’

Tiny - June 28, 2016

Editor's note: News media all over San Francisco are writing about homelessness this week. We though we could offer a very different perspective. Our...

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Day VII of Hunger Strike: Chief Suhr’s 5th Anniversary, #BaltimoreUprising and a week of going hungry

Sana Saleem - April 28, 2016

This post is part of our special coverage on the #hungerforjusticesf. Five San Francisco residents are on hunger strike outside Mission Police Station, demanding...

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The Agenda, March 28-April 3, 2016: Why developers can’t cry poverty

Tim Redmond - March 27, 2016

Most of the city seems to be on Spring Break this week; the supes aren’t meeting, most of the commissions aren’t meeting, and the...

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Some Mother’s Daughter: Fighting the criminalization of sex workers

Sana Saleem - March 23, 2016

Imagine a woman goes missing and no one looks for her. There’s no inquiry, no need for forensics, and no further investigation required. In...

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Suit: California has illegally suspended licenses of more than 600,000 drivers

Why I hate Columbus Day

Obama’s supply-side toolkit attacks local housing policy

The battle for Midtown: A community housing struggle

Juanga’s amor eterno

The Agenda, July 5-10: Did the Homeless Project work?

For homeless people, normal life becomes ‘dangerous’

Day VII of Hunger Strike: Chief Suhr’s 5th Anniversary, #BaltimoreUprising and a week of going hungry

The Agenda, March 28-April 3, 2016: Why developers can’t cry poverty

Some Mother’s Daughter: Fighting the criminalization of sex workers

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