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50 years later, the lessons of the Santa Barbara oil spill

Tim Redmond - January 26, 2019

Fifty years ago this weekend, there wasn’t anything you could call an environmental movement in the United States. There were a few signs, in January...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: The War at Home, Wings of Desire, What They Had …

Dennis Harvey - October 22, 2018

SCREEN GRABS There are no less than four solid, serious dramas opening at local theaters this week, signaling that the silly season (which these days...

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...

News + Politics

American Psychological Association beats back military psychologists

Reese Erlich - August 8, 2018

On Wednesday the leadership council of the American Psychological Association (APA) voted by an overwhelming 61-33% to keep its current policy prohibiting members from...

Culture

A night market bursting with flavor at Asian Art Museum

Emily Wilson - July 15, 2018

Chef Tu David Phu had just one requirement for the dozen chefs joining him at the Chef’s Hawker Centre Festival at the Asian Art...

News + Politics

Lessons from Stop the Draft Week 50 years ago

Reese Erlich - September 26, 2017

With great fanfare PBS is airing a 10-part series about the Vietnam War. Critics charge that under the guise of being even handed, series...

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SF rally responds to Trump’s transgender military ban

Tim Redmond - July 26, 2017

Kody Horton stepped up to the mic tonight at Harvey Milk Plaza and delivered a message to Donald Trump: “Myself and other LGBT veterans put...

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Trump’s education secretary — and her brother, a mercenary who advocates assassinations

Marc Norton - January 23, 2017

Blackwater founder Erik Prince, who has been called “America’s most notorious mercenary” by author and journalist Jeremy Scahill, has emerged as an influential advisor...

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The SF police union is embarrassing itself and losing its clout

Tim Redmond - August 29, 2016

Slowly, but with increasing momentum, the San Francisco Police Officers Association is losing its political clout. At one point, not that long ago, the POA...

Arts + Culture

The secrets of ‘Stranger Things’

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - August 3, 2016

SCREEN GRABS Netflix’s eight-part mini-series Stranger Things has a lot more to say than just referencing Stephen King novels and Steven Spielberg films. Taking the...

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