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Open source tech meets indigenous Oaxaqueños

Caitlin Donohue - November 24, 2015

How vital cell phone networks are reaching rural areas that corporate telecommunications have written off By Caitlin Donohue MEXICO CITY, MEXICO -- A few years ago,...

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Hey, let’s privatize this famous 18th-century Roman fountain, too

Marke B. - November 18, 2015

Why stop at the Palace of Fine Arts when there's a whole world of cultural landmarks to exploit? By Laura Fraser NOVEMBER 18, 2015 -- Editor's...

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Censored: Ten big stories the news media ignored

Tim Redmond - October 14, 2015

Even in the social-media era, when a small news outlet can create a viral story, some of the biggest news of the past year...

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A map of our vanishing public space

Marke B. - July 10, 2015

Anti-Eviction Mapping Project's latest interactive visualization details the attack on SF's fragile commons. By Marke B. JULY 10, 2015 -- "We knew from Google Bus protest...

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The battle over SF bus stops

Tim Redmond - April 24, 2015

As foes of the Google Bus deal take their case to court, a state bill would legalize the privatization of public bus stops By Sue...

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Cohen hasn’t figured out how to collect Airbnb taxes

Tim Redmond - October 15, 2014

By Tim Redmond OCTOBER 15, 2014 – Sharen Hewitt, who is a hero to many of us and was one of my choices for Bay...

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Soccer, Airbnb, and the colonization of the Mission

Tim Redmond - October 13, 2014

By Erin McElroy OCTOBER 13 -- By now the video of the young white “Dropbox Dudes” kicking the youth of color out of the Mission...

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Privatization and displacement, from Detroit to the Bay Area

Tim Redmond - July 2, 2014

By Tiny (aka Lisa Gray-Garcia) "We are hiding out in our own house with no water," Shelah, a 15-year-youth and poverty skola, whispered on the...

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Privatization, Hollywood, and Robocop

Tim Redmond - June 10, 2014

(In which we take a break from local politics for a moment to reflect on popular culture and the politics of a Hollywood failure) By...

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Mayor Lee’s latest plaza-privatization plan is based on a troubling New York model

Marke B. - March 5, 2014

By Tim Redmond The Mayor's Office of Economic and Workforce Development is pushing a plan that would allow private entities to "sponsor" public plazas –...

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