Stories about Privatization
Who’s to ‘blame’ for our failures to respond to this crisis?
Politico recently put out an email blast asking “who’s to blame” for the COVID pandemic:
The Olympics Games are postponed, but the Coronavirus Blame Games are...
Where’s the money for health care and saving the planet? Well, we clearly have it
With an unprecedented $2 trillion economic stabilization package at last finalized, and a flood of cash and credit emanating from the government to stem the...
Foreign correspondent: Hardliners win in Iran but turnout was extremely low
TEHRAN—The parliamentary candidates had rented a large hall for a campaign rally, but only a few hundred supporters showed up. They came to see...
Teacher’s Union endorses Wiener opponent for state Senate
The March State Senate primary in San Francisco is heating up.
Jackie Fielder, the Indigenous-Mexicana queer activist who has been involved in the campaign for...
Facebook money pushes Chiu housing bill
48 hills’ “Facebook money and California housing” series delves into the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s multi-million-dollar funding of the pro-growth shadow government that’s reshaping California...
Big Telecom tries another deregulation scam in Sacramento
They’re at it again. After losing in their attempt to torpedo net neutrality protections in California, Assembly members are back with a new and better way...
Screen Grabs: A gripping dispatch from the heart of Aleppo
SCREEN GRABS No doubt many cineastes in the Bay Area and well beyond will be lining up this weekend for arguably the first interesting mainstream...
Homeless, at the airport
“Get up, you have to move along…did you hear me? It’s time to move along…” The hard wood of the baton slammed against the...
CASA’s secret New York junket
During the final meeting of the CASA Technical Committee on December 12, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf let slip that she and unnamed others had...
What the regional housing “compact” amounts to — so far
The first installment of my CASA story listed bills introduced in the state Legislature on December 3, most notably Scott Wiener’s do-over of his...