Fill the streets to say: Abortion rights are here to stay!

from Adrienne Fong You strike Roe?The NATIONAL MOBILIZATION FOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE says NO!Fill the streets to say: Abortion rights are here to stay!  Greetings from the National Mobilization for Reproductive Justice – SF, the San Francisco chapter of the National Mobilization for Reproductive Justice, spearheaded by the Bay Area Freedom… Continue reading

Nation ‘On the Precipice… of Fascism,’ Warns Ocasio-Cortez

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol December 8, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) The GOP, said the Democratic congresswoman, “has only grown more supportive and defending of what happened” on Jan. 6, 2021. ANDREA GERMANOS June 10, 2022 (CommonDreams.org)… Continue reading

WHEN SAN FRANCISCO TRIED TO BE THE WORLD’S ‘QUEER SANCTUARY’ FOR REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS

In the 2010s, the Bay Area Worked to Resettle LGBTQ People Fleeing Persecution—but Then Policies Changed Film still of Junior, Mari, Cheyenne, and Subhi, whose stories are told in the documentary Unsettled: Seeking Refuge in America. Unsettled will air nationally on the WORLD Channel via PBS stations from June 28 to July 12. Courtesy of UNSETTLED:… Continue reading

The planning behind the Jan. 6 insurrection went far deeper than it initially seemed

June 9, 20221:58 PM ETHeard on Fresh Air TERRY GROSS LISTEN· 44:07 Download Embed Transcript NY Times Congressional reporter Luke Broadwater says the effort to overturn the ’20 election results was a “sprawling and diffuse” one that involved local governments as well as White House insiders. TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR…. Continue reading

‘Time to Scrap the Cap’: Sanders, Warren Bill Targets Rich to Expand Social Security

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chair of the Senate Budget Committee, speaks during a hearing on March 30, 2022. (Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Under the current system, notes Sen. Bernie Sanders, billionaires pay “the same amount of Social Security taxes as someone making $147,000 a year.” JAKE JOHNSON June 9, 2022… Continue reading

Mandelman’s Shelter-for-All Plan Passes Board Unanimously, Though Many Are Skeptical It Will Do Anything

9 JUNE 2022/SF NEWS/JOE KUKURA (SFist.com) Supervisor Rafael Mandelman says his freshly passed “Place for All Program” is “maniacally focused” on ending homelessness in San Francisco, but the city has seen these slogan-driven plans have had little effect in the past. Longtime San Francicans know that homelessness has been prominent… Continue reading

FDR and his Legacy: A Conversation with historian Harvey Kaye and Marianne Williamson

Marianne Williamson june 4, 2022 Marianne Williamson discusses the legacy of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt with historian Harvey Kaye. Learn more at MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com FDR on Democracy: The Greatest Speeches and Writings of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt by Harvey J. Kaye (Selections)  From One of the Greatest Leaders in American History, a Collection… Continue reading