Tag: Workers
With Virgil’s closure, SF loses another great queer space
Owner Lila Thirkield reveals details about hurdles her beloved small bar faced as pandemic shut it down.
The push for $15 an hour
Local demonstration joins national movement calling on senators to support increase in minimum wage.
Will Cuba have faster vaccinations than the US?
The tiny island nation with universal health care has its own vaccine, and could protect its people before the US does.
WPA, but make it COVID: Artists document pandemic for city time capsule
At COVID-19 Command Center, four artists-in-residence record SF's response for future generations.
Screen Grabs: Elders on the move, in love and crisis
Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci play a couple navigating dementia in 'Supernova'; 'Nomadland' shows Frances McDormand weathering poverty
Gig drivers demand better safety gear
Uber keeps getting richer -- but drivers say they lack masks, cleaning equipment.
So San Francisco isn’t broke. Where is the money?
What if we tried to attract artists instead of tech companies? Hearing will look at post-COIVD economy. Plus: A huge payout to victim of police abuse. That's The Agenda for Feb. 15-21
No cell phone? No vaccine.
Seniors who aren't tech-savvy and don't have cell phones are completely left out of the vaccination process in SF.
We can reimagine the post-COVID San Francisco
The future should be up to us -- not the corporate overlords who have controlled city planning for decades.
It takes a city to open the schools
Testing, tracking, vaccines -- and Muni! -- have to be part of the plan, and neoliberal leadership isn't going to help.