Book: “Transgender Warriors : Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman”

Transgender Warriors : Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman Leslie Feinberg With a New Afterword by the Author In this fascinating, personal journey through history, Leslie Feinberg uncovers persuasive evidence that there have always been people who crossed the cultural boundaries of gender. Transgender Warriors is an eye-opening jaunt… Continue reading

No, the closure of Whole Foods does not mean the city is headed for collapse

No, the closure of Whole Foods does not mean the city is headed for collapse

It just might mean that the market for a high-end specialty grocery disappeared with the tech industry abandoning mid-Market and new luxury housing foundering. By TIM REDMOND APRIL 11, 2023 (48Hills.org)  Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on RedditShare on Email The closure of a Whole Foods store on… Continue reading

Project that gave $500 a month to some California residents shows that such efforts could have a ‘profound impact on public health, researchers say

By Carma Hassan, CNN Published 5:34 PM EDT, Mon April 10, 2023 (CNN.com) SEED participant Susie Garza shows off the debit card she got each month through the program.Rich Pedroncelli/APCNN —  Results are out from a two-year experiment testing the effects of guaranteed income on residents of Stockton, California – but the… Continue reading

Tennessee GOP Tried to Stem Tide of Progress—Instead, They Unleashed a Tsunami

Democratic state Reps. Justin Pearson (C) of Memphis and Justin Jones (R) of Nashville attend the vote in which they were expelled from the state Legislature on April 6, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee.  (Photo by Seth Herald/Getty Images) Nothing could be more revealing of the fragility of the Republican Party… Continue reading

Elon Musk Gives Interview to BBC, Says Running Twitter Is ‘Painful,’ Hints That He’d Sell to the Right Buyer

Elon Musk Gives Interview to BBC, Says Running Twitter Is ‘Painful,’ Hints That He’d Sell to the Right Buyer

12 APRIL 2023/BUSINESS & TECH/JAY BARMANN (SFist.com) Since Twitter currently lacks a communications or PR department, it’s not surprising that a BBC reporter just showed up at Twitter HQ after a casual and likely insincere invitation and corralled Elon Musk into a new interview. Musk may not believe in the… Continue reading

WHOLE FOODS CLOSURE IS EPIC FAIL FOR SF

by Randy Shaw on April 10, 2023 (BeyondChron.org) Drug Dealers Killed the Market “San Francisco must take urgent action to revitalize its Mid-Market and Tenderloin neighborhoods. There is no more time to waste.” Randy Shaw, “Urgent Action Needed for SF’s Mid-Market and Tenderloin,” August 1, 2022., The “urgent action” many of us sought… Continue reading

IS SAN FRANCISCO EVOLVING IN RIGHT DIRECTION?

by Randy Shaw on April 10, 2023 (BeyondChron.org) TogetherSF Action’s 4/5 meeting on closing drug markets Public Must Demand a New Path “Thriving cities are always changing. They grow and evolve to meet today’s needs, values, and aspirations.” SPUR’s 2023 Annual Report I wish I shared SPUR’s confidence that San Francisco is evolving in the… Continue reading

This SF Starbucks’ seating was removed. Employees think they know why.

‘We had no say in whether or not we were going to keep our seating.’ Susana Guerrero, SFGATE April 11, 2023 (SFGate.com) Starbucks stores around San Francisco have been removing indoor seating.  Earlier this year, The San Francisco Standard reported that numerous Starbucks locations in downtown San Francisco had done away with their… Continue reading