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RIP, the Notorious RBG

Rebecca Young - September 21, 2020

How one woman, one petite woman with a mighty intellect and a grit true to her Brooklyn roots, became not just a role model, but a revered symbol of the struggle for women’s equality.

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Photographer Dorothea Lange’s archive now available online at OMCA

Emily Wilson - September 16, 2020

The collection presents the iconic Lange as the personable creator she was—and a local picturmaker to boot.

Campaign Trail

Understanding the politics of Kamala Harris

Tim Redmond - August 12, 2020

Joe Biden was never going to pick Rep. Barbara Lee as his running mate. He’s not a left-progressive-democratic socialist, and never was. So Sen....

Campaign Trail

Campaign money and what it shows: District 7

Tim Redmond - August 2, 2020

The latest campaign finance reports—which show a lot about how state and local races are shaping up—are now on file, and they indicate some...

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Some defining issues in the fall supes race

Tim Redmond - July 21, 2020

The San Francisco Democratic Party will vote on endorsements for the Board of Supes Wednesday/22, and while the party nod doesn’t always mean victory,...

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SF Superior Court ends Zero Bail Policy, threatening public health

Tim Redmond - July 9, 2020

The San Francisco Superior Court has chosen not to continue the Zero Bail Policy that has reduced county jail populations across the state. That, a...

Business + Tech

The plutonium of Artificial Intelligence could be coming to a city near you

Tim Kingston - June 10, 2020

Of all the tools of mass surveillance deployed by law enforcement, private industry and the federal government, Facial Recognition Technology poses by far the...

News + Politics

Which side of the ‘house divided’ are you on?

Scott Soriano - May 31, 2020

This morning I made the dire mistake of reading twitter comments on a San Francisco Chronicle report of protesters at SF Mayor London Breed's...

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Judge excoriates ICE, orders inmates released

Tim Redmond - April 29, 2020

After a dramatic hearing in which Federal Judge Vincent Chhabria sharply criticized ICE, the judge has issued an order requiring the federal agency to...

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Lawsuit seeks to reduce ICE detention during pandemic

Tim Redmond - April 22, 2020

People in ICE detention are not facing criminal charges. Deportation is a civil matter – and yet, the law allows the government to lock...

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RIP, the Notorious RBG

Photographer Dorothea Lange’s archive now available online at OMCA

Understanding the politics of Kamala Harris

Campaign money and what it shows: District 7

Some defining issues in the fall supes race

SF Superior Court ends Zero Bail Policy, threatening public health

The plutonium of Artificial Intelligence could be coming to a city near you

Which side of the ‘house divided’ are you on?

Judge excoriates ICE, orders inmates released

Lawsuit seeks to reduce ICE detention during pandemic

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