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We don’t need to ‘get back to work’

Steven T. Jones - June 22, 2020

People are dying to get back to work, top Republicans have been saying for the last month, justifying efforts to force the U.S. economy...

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Foreign Correspondent: Lessons from the Cuban police

Reese Erlich - June 22, 2020

A group of muscular cops carrying semi-automatic pistols and batons slowly move through the crowd at the end of an outdoor salsa concert. My...

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On Juneteenth, Black leaders detail lingering obstacles to change

Tom Molanphy - June 19, 2020

On June 19, 1865, over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger of the Union Army arrived in Galveston and issued...

Culture

Generations of activism: Checking in with Cleve Jones

Joshua Rotter - June 18, 2020

The LGBTQ community has already survived the tragic loss of Harvey Milk, the deaths of hundreds of thousands during the AIDS pandemic, and decades...

Culture

Score new music on Juneteenth—and support NAACP Legal Fund

John-Paul Shiver - June 17, 2020

Once again leaping to action when leaders, politicians, and other music platforms continually remain tone-deaf and tardy in response, Bandcamp will be donating 100...

Culture

Juneteenth week treats support Black food businesses

Tamara Palmer - June 16, 2020

There’s more awareness this year about Juneteenth, June 19, which commemorates the 1865 day slaves in Texas learned they were free, and aside from...

Boy bands to bomba: Fresh Meat Fest shines with trans & queer performance

Marke B. - June 15, 2020

I'm writing this as I'm taking in the Supreme Court decision that people cannot be legally fired for being LGBTQ, a momentous act that...

Culture

We’re Still Here: Queer orgs and icons put on online pre-Pride shebang

Marke B. - June 9, 2020

Thanks to COVID, Pride has been scooped up online this year, boooo. But while that may mean you'll be proudly dancing alone in your...

News + Politics

Major police reforms on the agenda for SF supes

Tim Redmond - June 8, 2020

The San Francisco supervisors are going to be moving forward with a series of major police reforms, including a ban on pepper spray and...

Foreign Correspondent

The rest of the world sees uprisings, not riots

Reese Erlich - June 5, 2020

One of Germany's largest dailies ran the headline “This killer cop set America ablaze,” with a photo of the Minneapolis police officer who killed...

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We don’t need to ‘get back to work’

Foreign Correspondent: Lessons from the Cuban police

On Juneteenth, Black leaders detail lingering obstacles to change

Generations of activism: Checking in with Cleve Jones

Score new music on Juneteenth—and support NAACP Legal Fund

Juneteenth week treats support Black food businesses

Boy bands to bomba: Fresh Meat Fest shines with trans & queer performance

We’re Still Here: Queer orgs and icons put on online pre-Pride shebang

Major police reforms on the agenda for SF supes

The rest of the world sees uprisings, not riots

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