Protests Archives

City Hall

The budget’s not perfect — but it’s a lot better than what the mayor offered

Tim Redmond - July 11, 2021

Plus: Parklets, small business -- and the terrible mess that is public housing in the Western Addition. That's The Agenda for July 11-18

Nightlife

Nicki Jizz’s Black drag revue Reparations goes IRL after raising $20k online

Caitlin Donohue - July 7, 2021

Local queen didn't see the melanin-heavy show of her dreams as a baby gay. So she decided to create one.

News + Politics

Bay Area residents join efforts to end ‘merciless’ blockade of Cuba

Mark Ginsburg - July 4, 2021

Biden is still enforcing Trump's harsh sanctions despite a 184-2 UN statement of condemnation.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Recalling that very oddball cinematic year, 1971

Dennis Harvey - July 1, 2021

What's in theaters—then and now. Plus" 'I Carry You With Me,' 'Scenes from an Empty Church,' more

Party Radar

Marke B.’s Ultimate Pride Guide 2021

Marke B. - June 23, 2021

Who needs the tourists when our scene is shining so bright? A hot pink beam of parties, art, music, more.

Lit

Through hardship, a pastor encounters good people in ‘United States of Grace’

Emily Wilson - June 2, 2021

Lenny Duncan's 'Memoir of Homelessness, Addiction, Incarceration, and Hope" isn't the usual redemption story.

Art

Stephanie Syjuco: Diving into the American archives—and implicating everyone—with the Bay Area artist

Jasmine Liu - May 27, 2021

'As a person of color, I don’t believe that more love and empathy is going to get us actual policy change.'

Movies

Screen Grabs: Senior directors up to newer tricks

Dennis Harvey - April 29, 2021

Releases from lauded veterans Zhang Yimou, Ulrike Ottinger, and Roy Andersson. Plus: Taking on a corrupt dairy co-op

Housing

Facebook’s housing echo chamber

Zelda Bronstein - April 22, 2021

Zuckerberg money funds news outlets that repeat Zuckerberg group's supply-side position on the housing crisis.

Protest

Guilty. Guilty. Guilty.

Tim Redmond - April 20, 2021

In a historic moment, jury convicts officer on all counts of killing George Floyd.

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