Democracy Now! Jun 8, 2022 Progressive San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin was ousted by voters Tuesday in a special recall election, after facing well-funded tough-on-crime attacks by the real estate industry. “He made enemies with very, very deep pockets,” says Lara Bazelon, professor at the University of San Francisco… Continue reading
MeidasTouch Jun 7, 2022 Actor and Uvalde native Matthew McConaughey delivered an impassioned speech at the White House press briefing on Tuesday, in a plea for the nation to put politics aside and take action to save lives. Donate to MeidasTouch: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mei… Buy MeidasTouch Merch: https://store.meidastouch.com Follow MeidasTouch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on Facebook: https://facebook.com/meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on… Continue reading
SF VOTER GUIDE – JUNE 7, 2022 STATEWIDE PRIMARY ELECTION 🔥 Download our June 2022 SF Voter Guide here! 🔥 2022年6月7曰 初選指南 Federal Offices US Senator for California (partial & full term) – No position** US House, California’s 11th District – No endorsement*** David Canepa for US House, California’s 15th District David Canepa –… Continue reading
A worker restocks AR-15 guns at Davidson Defense in Orem, Utah on March 20, 2020. – Gun stores in the US are reporting a surge in sales of firearms as coronavirus fears trigger personal safety concerns. (Photo: George Frey / AFP via Getty Images) It has now been turned into… Continue reading
posted by THE LEAGUE | 4scMay 16, 2022 (theleaguesf.org) Jump to our voting cheat sheet. Scroll down for all of our research and analysis. PDF of our print voter guide – Print it out and bring it to the polls! Lea la guía en español. VOTING LOGISTICS: Vote or drop off your ballot at the COVID-safe City… Continue reading
Let’s Agree to Disagree: A Critical Thinking Guide to Communication, Conflict Management, and Critical Media Literacy by Nolan Higdon, Mickey Huff In an age defined by divisive discourse and disinformation, democracy hangs in the balance. Let’s Agree to Disagree seeks to reverse these trends by fostering constructive dialogue through critical thinking and critical media… Continue reading
Democracy Now! Jun 3, 2022 We speak to San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, who was elected in 2019 after promising to end cash bail, curb mass incarceration and address police misconduct. He now faces a recall campaign, with opponents blaming rising crime rates on his policies, even though sources… Continue reading
The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World in the Free Market Era by Gary Gerstle The most sweeping account of how neoliberalism came to dominate American politics for nearly a half century before crashing against the forces of Trumpism on the right and a new progressivism… Continue reading
Chesa Boudin stands for a portrait at the Hall of Justice in San Francisco on Jan. 14, 2019. Photo: Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images Across major cities, voters picked reform-minded district attorneys who promised to fight mass incarceration. Now, conservatives in both parties are trying to take them out…. Continue reading
