Protest Archives - 48 hills

Music

Soprano Julia Bullock finds ‘History’s Persistent Voice’ in records of formerly enslaved

Emily Wilson - May 16, 2022

At SF Symphony, the singer performs a collection of historical words set to new music by Black women composers

Protest

Raging Grannies and Radical Women on protecting reproductive rights—and more

Lou Fancher - May 11, 2022

We’ll tell them that if abortion is not legal, abortions won’t be gone, they will just be unsafe.

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: A mural for Ukraine

48 Hills - March 13, 2022

Keeping the lost art of Maria Pryimachenko alive in San Francisco, and hoping for peace.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Fighting back, from Armenian revolution to Civil Rights struggle

Dennis Harvey - September 20, 2021

Plus: An in-depth look inside Balanchine's notorious ballet classroom. New movies!

News + Politics

Remembering Spain’s 15-M Movement, Occupy’s scrappy precursor

Marke B. - September 20, 2021

As the US looks back a decade later, a necessary reminder that Occupy was a reverberation of a global movement.

Labor

DoorDash drivers go to CEO’s door to demand fair wages and working conditions

Garrett Leahy - September 2, 2021

The company offered 120 precent of minimum wage when it wanted to pass Prop. 22. But workers say they are still getting a raw deal.

Protest

Will Mayor Breed declare a state of emergency on drug-overdose deaths?

Garrett Leahy - September 1, 2021

Activists, supervisors, DA all say it's time to defy the state and feds and set up city-backed safe-injection sites.

Movies

Drag legend Terence Alan Smith takes center stage in ‘The Beauty President’

Alex Arabian - August 12, 2021

As Joan Jett Blakk, the performer made two historic runs for president. A new short film asks what could have been.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: ‘Homeroom’ dives deep into a crisis-riven Oakland school year

Dennis Harvey - August 10, 2021

Plus: Infamous '90s ambulance-chasing in 'Whirlybird' and a great free documentary series at BAMPFA outdoors

Homelessness

Homelessness—and failed solutions— in Salt Lake City and Denver

Tiny - August 8, 2021

Sweeps and attacks on the unhoused are not just happening in the Bay Area; it's a national problem.

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