By Donny Kwok, Wyman Ma JANUARY 1, 2018 (Reuters.com) HONG KONG (Reuters) – After a year that saw democracy advocates in Hong Kong jailed and ousted from public office, thousands marched through the streets of Hong Kong on New Year’s Day to warn China not to meddle further in the city’s… Continue reading
By John King (SFChronicle.com) Dec. 27, 2017 San Francisco, a city that prides itself on its neighborhoods, has never seen anything like the one taking shape south of Market Street right now. Blocks once covered by freeway ramps are sprouting glitzy residential towers. A park is planned below a bridge reserved for… Continue reading
After the FCC’s December decision to revoke nationwide net neutrality regulations, State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, introduced a bill to require telecommunications companies doing business in the state to guarantee equal Internet access. BY BENNY EVANGELISTA, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE / JANUARY 4, 2018 (govtech.com) Capital building in Sacramento, CA.SHUTTERSTOCK (TNS) —… Continue reading
By Adam Gopnik January 2, 2018 (NewYorker.com) A recent biography of Clement Attlee presents a figure fully as admirable—and, in some ways, more so—as Winston Churchill. Photograph by Popperfoto / Getty For anyone with what used to be called “progressive tendencies,” the best, if largely overlooked, book of last year was surely… Continue reading
Support our endorsed candidates! Volunteer! Donate! We can only win against the corporatists if we stand together! Tony Kelly for SF D10 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman for SF D8 Supervisor Stephen Jaffe for Congress Jovanka Beckles for Assembly District 15 Michael Feinstein for Secretary of State Gayle McLaughlan for Lt Governor… Continue reading
Michael Wolff Little, Brown Book Group, Jan 9, 2018 “He shits down but sucks up.” –Roger Ailes on Donald Trump The first nine months of Donald Trump’s term were stormy, outrageous – and absolutely mesmerising. Now, thanks to his deep access to the West Wing, bestselling author Michael Wolff tells the… Continue reading
The J Curve: A New Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall (Simon & Schuster: 2006) is a book by political scientist Ian Bremmer. It was named a “Book of the Year” in 2006 by The Economist.[1] Bremmer’s J Curve describes the relationship between a country’s openness and its stability; focusing on the… Continue reading
NOOR AL-SIBAI 02 JAN 2018 (rawstory.com) Local residents react as U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at a rally in Huntington, West Virginia, U.S., August 3, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria Despite benefitting the most from taxes, people in many of the United States’ poorest regions appear to oppose federal spending due to bigotry…. Continue reading
Gayle McLaughlin, former Richmond mayor, is running a Bernie Sanders-style campaign for lieutenant governor as an independent. By John Wildermuth (SFChronicle.com) December 30, 2017 For former Richmond Mayor Gayle McLaughlin, it’s time to take her city’s progressive politics on the road. McLaughlin, a former Green Party member, is running for lieutenant governor… Continue reading
MON, 12/18/2017 – BY TIM REDMOND (Occupy.com) THIS ARTICLE ORIGINALLY APPEARED ON 48 HILLS The Bank of North Dakota has been a great success San Francisco faces no legal obstacles and no significant policy problems with creating a municipal bank, a recent report from the city’s budget and legislative analyst concludes. The report, released late… Continue reading
