TODAY 5:00pm (June 24, 2022) Join defenders of reproductive justice San Francisco Federal Building450 Golden Gate Ave. (between Polk St. & Larkin)SF for our 5 pm protest at the Federal Building. Are you available for civil disobedience in the form of a sit-in at the 5pm protest at the Federal… Continue reading
This op-ed argues that the current Supreme Court is illegitimate. BY MOLLY COLEMAN AND TRISTIN BROWN JUNE 16, 2022 (teenvogue.com) In a one-paragraph decision issued in January, the Supreme Court ruled that former president Donald Trump was required to turn over documents to the House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection. It was an unsurprising… Continue reading
Gun rights activists carrying semi-automatic firearms pose for a photograph in the Capitol Building on January 31, 2020 in Frankfort, Kentucky. Advocates from across the state gathered at the Kentucky Capitol in support of the Second Amendment. (Photo: Bryan Woolston/Getty Images) We have made a fetish out of the Second… Continue reading
Jun 21, 2022 • Matthew Cunningham-Cook (levernews.com) Biden nominated Andrew Biggs, a think tank denizen with a history of slamming Social Security, to oversee government retirement benefits for 66 million Americans. Last month, President Joe Biden nominated a longtime advocate of Social Security privatization and benefit cuts to a key board overseeing… Continue reading
June 20, 2022 (SFChronicle.com) The Chesa Boudin recall was legitimate but a failure of democracy. Boudin was elected with a promise to reform the San Franicisco District Attorney Office’s policies to divert more low-level offenders into treatment instead of jail. And that’s just what he’s done. But he was elected… Continue reading
Gas prices over $7.00 a gallon are displayed at a Chevron gas station on May 25, 2022 in Menlo Park, California. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) A new research paper finds that corporate price markups and profits jumped to their highest levels in seven decades last year. JAKE JOHNSON June 21,… Continue reading
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) speaks during a Senate Budget Committee hearing on February 10, 2021. (Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Pool/AFP via Getty Images) “Trump and his MAGA allies planned, promoted, and paid for a seditious conspiracy to overturn an election they lost,” said one Democratic Senate candidate. “And Ron Johnson attempted to… Continue reading
SFGATE politics editor Eric Ting argues that a Gavin Newsom presidential bid in 2024 looks much more likely than it did a few weeks ago Eric Ting, SFGATE June 21, 2022 (SFGate.com) Previously, we’ve written about how California Gov. Gavin Newsom is clearly laying the groundwork for a presidential run, though we’ve argued that 2028 — and not… Continue reading
How Fractured Nations and Communities Reckon with History and Move Toward Repair Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Bentwood Box, made of western red cedar, by artist Luke Marston, member of the Stz’uminus (Chemainus) First Nation. Commissioned in 2009, the Bentwood Box traveled the country with the TRC, collecting items from… Continue reading
Sam Whiting, John King June 19, 2022 Updated: June 20, 2022 (SFChronicle.com) Warriors Parade: Go here for Warriors 2022 parade live updates from Market Street in San Francisco After 27 pandemic months of economic strains, emptied sidewalks and palpable decay, San Francisco’s Market Street will be in the spotlight Monday for a strikingly… Continue reading
