Protests Archives

Campaign Trail

Letter from Milwaukee: Reflections on the RNC—and the protests

JJ Lansing and Trista Ngo - July 24, 2024

Peaceful activists challenged racist and sometimes violent MAGAs during the Trump coronation.

Opinion

Kamala Harris and America’s incapability to grapple with the ‘root cause’ of immigration

Ian Firstenberg - July 24, 2024

The US approach to immigration—regardless of party perspective—reveals a fundamental failure of national politics.

Opinion

The labor movement and the Democratic convention

Tim Paulson - July 23, 2024

The last time a sitting President was re-nominated at a Democratic National Convention was in Charlotte, North Carolina in 2012. I was a California...

Art

Larry Li remixes Tiananmen Square, firstborn son into painted collage

Mary Corbin - July 18, 2024

'Historical sampling' helps Bay-raised artist understand his Chinese immigrant family's place in the greater world.

Movies

Screen Grabs: ‘Taking Venice’ questions 1960s US avant-gardists’ possible Cold Warfare

Dennis Harvey - July 3, 2024

Plus: 'MaXXXine' just may over-rely on Mia Goth and 'Last Summer' spins Ms. Robinson tale into trainwreck.

LGBTQ

Pictures from Pride

Tim Redmond - July 1, 2024

Festive, fun, sunny ... and not terribly political.

Police

Will annual Dolores Hill skateboard event happen—and how will the cops respond?

Tim Redmond - June 30, 2024

Plus: Finally, a vote on a critical landlord-tenant issue that could impact the mayor's race. That's The Agenda for July 1 to 7.

The Agenda

Protests and public comment on Breed’s budget …

Tim Redmond - June 23, 2024

...Plus a bright-line supes vote on a critical tenant issue. That's The Agenda for June 24-30.

News + Politics

Author Oren Kroll-Zeldin on Israel, Palestine, social justice—and the next generation of Jewish Americans

Tim Redmond - June 11, 2024

USF professor talks about new book 'Unsettled,' and the concept of co-resistance for a shared future.

Movies

Pickleball, cheesecake, Tiki drinks: SF DocFest serves up every flavor

Dennis Harvey - May 29, 2024

23rd installment dishes out plenty from locals, plus TV Unarians, queer Roma, Thomas Kinkade, more

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