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BREAKING: California Labor Federation drops Wiener endorsement

Tim Redmond - August 5, 2020

In a stunning turnaround, the California Labor Federation today decided not to endorse incumbent state Sen. Scott Wiener for re-election. The powerful organization had backed...

News + Politics

COVID is devastating the US economy—while the very rich get very richer

Tim Redmond - July 5, 2020

My poor puppy hates the fireworks. They’re loud and unpredictable. There are many theories, some of them pretty out there, as to why so...

News + Politics

Labor unions join call to defund the police

Garrett Leahy - June 18, 2020

A group of about 150 demonstrators representing several Bay Area labor unions gathered outside the Oakland Police Officers Association headquarters on Wednesday, endorsing calls...

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...

News + Politics

Big money from the cops is becoming politically toxic

Tim Redmond - June 5, 2020

One of the positive results of the past week of in-the-streets outrage is the increased focus on politicians who take money from law-enforcement organizations...

Culture

Screen Grabs: Great new docs, from global inequality to SF thrash metal

Dennis Harvey - April 30, 2020

Though the impulse for many during times of stress is to escape into fictional entertainment—or something “stranger than fiction,” like Tiger King—nonfiction can prove...

Movies

‘Crip Camp’ captures a very vivid moment in disability rights struggle

Emily Wilson - April 16, 2020

In 1970 and 71, Jim LeBrecht attended Camp Jened for teenagers with disabilities in upstate New York. The camp had a profound effect on his...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: More marathon movies to help sustain you

Dennis Harvey - April 15, 2020

Part 2 in our survey of really, really long films for your sequestrian pleasure casts its big net over films from around the globe,...

COVID

For taxi drivers, COVID is a brutal dilemma

Garrett Leahy - April 3, 2020

“I can’t even afford to go to work,” said taxi driver Colin Marcoux, who has been driving a cab for over two decades. COVID has...

News + Politics

City College board fires chancellor

Tim Redmond - March 23, 2020

The City College Board put Chancellor Mark Rocha on administrative leave today, the first step toward what will almost certainly be a full dismissal...

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BREAKING: California Labor Federation drops Wiener endorsement

COVID is devastating the US economy—while the very rich get very richer

Labor unions join call to defund the police

The rest of the world sees uprisings, not riots

Big money from the cops is becoming politically toxic

Screen Grabs: Great new docs, from global inequality to SF thrash metal

‘Crip Camp’ captures a very vivid moment in disability rights struggle

Screen Grabs: More marathon movies to help sustain you

For taxi drivers, COVID is a brutal dilemma

City College board fires chancellor

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