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On Veterans Day, let’s also remember those who fought for the right to dissent

Elaine Elinson - November 11, 2018

When Robert Simmons, an African American man from Savannah, Georgia, was brought to the foggy, windswept island of Alcatraz in the winter of 1918,...

News + Politics

Brown, Bloomberg (and their agenda) face protests at Climate Action Summit

Christopher D. Cook - September 13, 2018

As Governor Jerry Brown and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg opened the Global Climate Action Summit Thursday, they were greeted by hundreds...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Yayoi Kusama, Latino Film Fest, Nosferatu …

Dennis Harvey - September 10, 2018

SCREEN GRABS Last call for those interested in saving the Opera Plaza Cinemas, whose four arthouse screens are at high risk of being exterminated for...

Foreign Correspondent

What 15 years of war has brought us: Angry Iraqis

Reese Erlich - August 23, 2018

Militant protests continue in the oil rich city of Basra despite a harsh government crackdown. Thousands of Iraqis are demanding jobs, restoration of basic...

Party Radar

Party Radar: A Wicked weekend, indeed

Marke B. - July 18, 2018

PARTY RADAR OK I think I seriously slipped on a rainbow oil slick broke something at Pride this year: I'm just now recovering! (Throwing a...

Onstage

The sheer audacity of ‘Angels in America’

Marke B. - June 30, 2018

ONSTAGE "Why is Angels in America still the most prominent story being told about AIDS?" asked a wonderfully provocative essay about the epic early '90s...

Foreign Correspondent

The North Korea summit: We have been here before

Reese Erlich - June 12, 2018

Police wearing Darth Vader helmets and carrying shotguns mounted with tear gas launchers lined up ready for battle. Fifty yards away, tens of thousands...

News + Politics

Sex workers organize national anti-SESTA/FOSTA protests Saturday

Caitlin Donohue - May 31, 2018

It's been three months since the passage of SESTA/FOSTA, the new law purportedly intended to curb sex-trafficking, which makes website owners liable for any...

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent: The politics behind the Gaza protests

Reese Erlich - May 25, 2018

On my most recent reporting trip to Gaza, I stayed with a family living just a short walk from the Israeli border. At dusk...

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign correspondent: What will Iran do now?

Reese Erlich - May 21, 2018

FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT President Donald Trump announced that the US is pulling out of the Iran nuclear accord--and Iranians are really pissed. Thousands of Iranians demonstrated...

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On Veterans Day, let’s also remember those who fought for the right to dissent

Brown, Bloomberg (and their agenda) face protests at Climate Action Summit

Screen Grabs: Yayoi Kusama, Latino Film Fest, Nosferatu …

What 15 years of war has brought us: Angry Iraqis

Party Radar: A Wicked weekend, indeed

The sheer audacity of ‘Angels in America’

The North Korea summit: We have been here before

Sex workers organize national anti-SESTA/FOSTA protests Saturday

Foreign Correspondent: The politics behind the Gaza protests

Foreign correspondent: What will Iran do now?

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