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Journeying into San Francisco’s Underbelly with Novelist Brittany Newell
San Francisco author Brittany Newell’s novel “Soft Core” explores the city’s underbelly — while making its tech bros minor characters. With pinpoint …
1 year, 2 months ago
SF Music Week Promotes Local Industry as Economic Engine
At the moment New York, Nashville, and Los Angeles are the cities where music making happens. But San Francisco hopes to add itself to that list. To …
1 year, 2 months ago
Trump Whistleblower Alexander Vindman on Why the U.S. Has Turned Its Back on Ukraine
The United States has reached a preliminary deal with Ukraine to share in revenue from the country’s mineral assets, but so far it is not offering se…
1 year, 2 months ago
California Takes ‘Good Cop/Bad Cop’ Approach to President Trump
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has filed a host of lawsuits against the Trump administration, as Governor Gavin Newsom tries to stay in Trump’…
1 year, 2 months ago
Trump Purge Hits Bay Area Federal Workers
Thousands of government employees have lost their jobs as part of the Trump’s Administration’s purge of the federal workforce, led by Elon Musk’s Dep…
1 year, 2 months ago
FAA Firings, Recent Crashes Spark Airline Safety Fears
The Federal Aviation Administration recently began firing hundreds of workers, raising concerns over airline safety. The latest cuts come in the wake…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Growing Strength of the Christian Nationalism in Politics
On the campaign trail, Trump vowed to root out anti-Christian bias and embrace his “beautiful Christians.” A particular form of Christianity – Christ…
1 year, 2 months ago
What Trump’s Order to “Dramatically Reduce” Presidio Trust Means for the Beloved Park
President Trump shocked San Francisco Wednesday night with an executive order to “dramatically reduce” the Presidio Trust, which Congress formed in 1…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Stories Behind Our First and Last Words
Linguist Michael Erard says that a child’s first words and a dying person’s last words exist on a Möbius-strip of beginnings and endings where “paral…
1 year, 2 months ago
Kent Dunlap on the Biology, Evolution and Cultural History of the Neck
Far more than just a link between our heads and torsos, the neck is what biologist Kent Dunlap describes as “the ultimate multitasker.” The neck “fle…
1 year, 2 months ago