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Breed, Wiener endorse transphobic School Board candidate

Tim Redmond - August 12, 2018

A startling number of local officials, including Mayor London Breed and state Sen. Scott Wiener, have endorsed for School Board a candidate who helped...

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For seniors, eviction can be a death sentence

David Bogachik - October 3, 2017

DIALOGUES FOR LIFE When I was studying to be a psychoanalyst, one of my teachers, Dr. Irma Birman, shared a recollection from her childhood...

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Cops, cars, guns and death

R.L. Edwards - September 20, 2017

On July 1, 2015, a firearm stolen four days earlier from a Bureau of Land Management agent's car was discharged, tragically striking and killing...

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A move to halt condo conversion of Iris Canada’s home

Sana Saleem - April 5, 2017

Housing rights activists are urging the Department of Public Works to halt the proposed condo conversion for the six units at 668-678 Page. The building is...

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The life and death of Iris Canada, the 100-year-old victim of eviction

Sana Saleem - March 30, 2017

Iris Canada, 100, sat in a wheelchair looking frail and tired but not without the touch of her impeccable sense of style; yellow blazer,...

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Iris Canada dies a month after her eviction

Sana Saleem - March 27, 2017

Iris Canada, a centenarian who was evicted from her apartment at 670 Page St. last month, has died. Canada was hospitalized shortly after the...

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Sheriff evicts 100-year-old

Tim Redmond - February 10, 2017

The San Francisco Sheriff’s Office quietly showed up at the home of Iris Canada this morning at around 11:30 and changed the locks. Canada,...

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As Trump wages war on women’s health, San Francisco’s elected women are fighting back

Sana Saleem - January 24, 2017

As the Trump administration moved into defund international Planned Parenthood San Francisco's elected women leaders are fighting back. On Tuesday, Supervisor Hillary Ronen introduced a resolution that strongly...

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The Agenda, Jan. 18-24: Police violence …

Tim Redmond - January 17, 2016

The Police Commission hasn’t approved the use of Tasers for SF cops, but the issue is almost certainly going to come up Thursday/21 when...

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Transphobia in the Sheriff’s race

Tim Redmond - October 7, 2015

The treatment of transgender inmates -- and the response of the deputy sheriff's union -- becomes an issue in the race between incumbent Ross...

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Breed, Wiener endorse transphobic School Board candidate

For seniors, eviction can be a death sentence

Cops, cars, guns and death

A move to halt condo conversion of Iris Canada’s home

The life and death of Iris Canada, the 100-year-old victim of eviction

Iris Canada dies a month after her eviction

Sheriff evicts 100-year-old

As Trump wages war on women’s health, San Francisco’s elected women are fighting back

The Agenda, Jan. 18-24: Police violence …

Transphobia in the Sheriff’s race

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