Poverty Archives - Page 9 of 31

Lit

Through hardship, a pastor encounters good people in ‘United States of Grace’

Emily Wilson - June 2, 2021

Lenny Duncan's 'Memoir of Homelessness, Addiction, Incarceration, and Hope" isn't the usual redemption story.

News + Politics

DA closes Amilcar Lopez case, but the community trauma still remains

Father Richard Smith - May 27, 2021

San Francisco needs to make big changes in policing so this young immigrant didn't die in vain.

Homelessness

Mother’s Day — for homeless mamas

Tiny - May 11, 2021

A story of eviction, gentrification, poverty -- and hope.

Movies

Screen Grabs: One million streaming options and you’re bored? Try these rare releases

Dennis Harvey - May 3, 2021

Quintessential French seriocomedies, pioneering US indies, and virtually unknown relics of African cinema

Housing

Facebook’s housing echo chamber

Zelda Bronstein - April 22, 2021

Zuckerberg money funds news outlets that repeat Zuckerberg group's supply-side position on the housing crisis.

Opinion

SF has exploited, failed, and bankrupted its taxi drivers

Marcelo Fonseca - April 2, 2021

Mayors Lee and Newsom sold pricey medallions to make money--then let Uber and Lyft make those investments worthless. The drivers deserve help.

Movies

Immersed in Van Gogh—the “experience” and the movies

Dennis Harvey - March 27, 2021

The hit Immersive Van Gogh exhibit provides satisfying eye candy; search out these biopics for deeper looks

Homelessness

Inside the SIP hotels saga

Natalia Robyns-Kresich - March 15, 2021

How activists and some supes forced the city to put homeless people in hotel rooms.

Movies

Performing poverty in ‘Nomadland’ and ‘White Tiger’

Tiny - March 7, 2021

Two acclaimed movies from poverty outsiders don't go far enough in exposing wealth-hoarding and corporate slavery.

News + Politics

Is the US finally talking about taxing the rich?

Tim Redmond - March 2, 2021

In Congress, and in New York, progressive legislation is on the agenda. Still waiting for California.

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Through hardship, a pastor encounters good people in ‘United States of Grace’

DA closes Amilcar Lopez case, but the community trauma still remains

Mother’s Day — for homeless mamas

Screen Grabs: One million streaming options and you’re bored? Try these rare releases

Facebook’s housing echo chamber

SF has exploited, failed, and bankrupted its taxi drivers

Immersed in Van Gogh—the “experience” and the movies

Inside the SIP hotels saga

Performing poverty in ‘Nomadland’ and ‘White Tiger’

Is the US finally talking about taxing the rich?

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