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News + Politics

Boycott Lyft, Protest Twitter

David Talbot - October 21, 2018

Lyft's decision to contribute $100,000 to fight Proposition C, San Francisco's urgent measure to help the homeless, is morally reprehensible -- and must now...

Arts + Culture

Screen Grabs: Free Solo, Arab Film Fest, Studio 54…

Dennis Harvey - October 8, 2018

SCREEN GRABS Two of the major releases are major disappointments from hitherto reliable directors. Scenarist Drew Goddard’s first directorial feature since ingenious horror deconstruction...

The Mekons’ Sally Timms twangs in to support Community Land Trust

James Tracy - October 3, 2018

“The Mekons are the most revolutionary group in the history of rock ‘n’ roll.” —Lester Bangs Emerging in Leeds, England, in 1977, the Mekons came...

Culture

‘Uncharted’ fills Berkeley with adventurous voices

Emily Wilson - October 2, 2018

Lance Knobel, co-founder of online news site Berkeleyside, and Helena Brantley, of Red Pencil Publicity and Marketing, sat down together in January to start talking...

Movies

‘Monsters and Men’ lays out why they kneel

Dennis Harvey - September 25, 2018

It’s not exactly a secret that US conservative leaders and media have sought means of re-directing attention away from a White House that seems...

Movies

Ficks’ Picks at TIFF: Indian Cinema in full effect

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - September 18, 2018

Critic Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reports from the Toronto International Film Festival. Read his first report here. TIFF Working as an activist filmmaker for more than...

News + Politics

The Climate Change Agenda for the week

Tim Redmond - September 9, 2018

More than 30,000 people marched for climate justice in San Francisco Saturday – and that was just the start of a series of events...

News + Politics

75 arrested in Marriott protest as strike vote looms

Tim Redmond - September 3, 2018

A loud, energetic rally and march of roughly 1,000 hotel workers and supporters ended with 75 arrests as members of UNITE HERE Local 2...

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent: Trump in Afghanistan

Reese Erlich - August 13, 2018

President Donald Trump is back on the stump, trumpeting his alleged triumphs since the 2016 elections. Somehow, he never mentions Afghanistan. For years, Trump has...

News + Politics

Drag queens fight for their home after Ellis Act eviction notice

Marke B. - August 3, 2018

Three longtime drag queens—including an Empress of the charitable Imperial Court of San Francisco—and two housemates received an Ellis Act notice to vacate their...

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