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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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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...

Music

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

Homelessness and colonial media

Does California need to secede?

OPINION: Some SF ballot measures Donald Trump would love

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?

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