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Boy bands to bomba: Fresh Meat Fest shines with trans & queer performance

Marke B. - June 15, 2020

I'm writing this as I'm taking in the Supreme Court decision that people cannot be legally fired for being LGBTQ, a momentous act that...

Housing

Safe sleeping spaces — or cages?

Tiny - May 20, 2020

C.A.R.E. For the homeless On some street In Saint Pete Looks like A cage For people.... -- excerpt of the poem People Cages by Dee Allen /Po Poet “It feels like we...

COVID

Will COVID kill capitalism?

Tiny - April 20, 2020

“I have a Case of Toilet Paper, I’ll bring it over tomorrow,” said Reena, a now-unemployed accountant from Alameda. “I have a box of organic...

News + Politics

Campaign seeks to close jail at Hall of Justice

Garrett Leahy - April 16, 2020

On Wednesday, the NoNewSFJail Coalition and its member organizations asked San Franciscans via social media and on their website to participate in a “Digital...

News + Politics

Immigrants sue for release from Yuba County and Mesa Verde jails

Sam Lew - March 25, 2020

Thirteen immigrants detained at Mesa Verde Detention Center and Yuba County Jail filed a lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement Tuesday calling for their...

News + Politics

Slowing coronavirus spread in the jails

Tim Redmond - March 14, 2020

Among the most vulnerable communities in this pandemic is a group that is forcibly held in close quarters, with many members facing existing health...

Culture

Chatting by cell: ‘Uncuffed’ is a prison podcast for our time

Peter-Astrid Kane - December 23, 2019

As setups to Thanksgiving jokes go, a manic wild turkey that burst into a California prison compound seems almost too on-the-nose, considering how two...

News + Politics

[UPDATED] Outrage as CBS announces development of Ghost Ship show

Marke B. - December 12, 2019

UPDATE: After readers responded, Waldman and Chabon have decided not to go ahead with the show. The San Jose Mercury News reported on Tuesday that...

Onstage

Review: In ‘Oedipus El Rey,’ the wrecks of myth and mass incarceration

Elaine Elinson - June 12, 2019

ONSTAGE Ten years after Oedipus El Rey premiered at the Magic Theatre, Luis Alfaro’s drama is being staged there as a legacy revival, again directed by...

Campaign Trail

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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Boy bands to bomba: Fresh Meat Fest shines with trans & queer performance

Safe sleeping spaces — or cages?

Will COVID kill capitalism?

Campaign seeks to close jail at Hall of Justice

Immigrants sue for release from Yuba County and Mesa Verde jails

Slowing coronavirus spread in the jails

Chatting by cell: ‘Uncuffed’ is a prison podcast for our time

[UPDATED] Outrage as CBS announces development of Ghost Ship show

Review: In ‘Oedipus El Rey,’ the wrecks of myth and mass incarceration

Eight ‘Big Ideas’ at MoveOn Forum

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