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Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Meet in the middle

Dennis Harvey - September 10, 2020

This week's must-stream films bring visions of faraway lands and all-too-close looks at our own.

Movies

A man, a plan, a documentary: ‘The Palindromists’

Pam Grady - September 1, 2020

Palindromes read the same forward and back. We learn that in grade school. "Madam, I'm Adam." "A man. A plan. A canal. Panama." "Was...

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent: Inside Biden’s international policy

Reese Erlich - August 27, 2020

Last spring, the Biden campaign decided to hit back hard against accusations of being soft on China. So the campaign produced a blistering ad...

News + Politics

Supes call for major cuts in police budget

Tim Redmond - August 20, 2020

The Board of Supes Budget and Appropriations Committee moved toward some significant cuts for the Police Department today, with the chair, Sup. Sandra Lee...

Arts + Culture

Books: ‘Caste’ and the history of racism in the US

Ellen Chaitin - August 14, 2020

Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent has received acclaims from literary critics in addition to bringing Oprah to tears. The book presents...

Campaign Trail

The TikTok campaigns

Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí - August 13, 2020

After a few edits and some graphics, Sameera Rajwade uploaded the first video to her TikTok account. Within a day, it had racked up...

Campaign Trail

The money—and endorsements—in District Five

Tim Redmond - August 10, 2020

One of the most interesting elements of the D5 supervisorial campaign is challenger Vallie Brown’s website. Check out the tab that says “endorsements.” Most people...

Campaign Trail

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...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Sentiment averse

Dennis Harvey - July 31, 2020

Normally I wouldn’t bother explaining why a certain movie is not being covered in this column, but this weekend there’s a particular glut of ‘em, all...

News + Politics

‘She Represents’ teaches teens the good, bad, and infuriating of women in politics

Caitlin Donohue - July 16, 2020

Large, wild quantities of joy and a smattering of acute frustration were involved in writing my first book, the YA title She Represents: 44...

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