A progressive beat a ‘tough-on-crime’ candidate in the nation’s third-largest city. What does that say about SF in 2024? By TIM REDMOND APRIL 6, 2023 (48Hills.org) I am not from Chicago, and other than stops in O’Hare and a couple of one-day conferences and teaching gigs, I’ve only spent time… Continue reading
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis holds his book while speaking at the Midland County Republican Party Dave Camp Spring Breakfast on April 6, 2023 in Midland, Michigan. (Photo by Chris duMond/Getty Images) It goes go by the name: Republican Party. ROBERT REICH Apr 11, 2023 Robertreich.Substack.Com (CommonDreams.org) I hate to say… Continue reading
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man John Perkins “Economic hit men,” John Perkins writes, “are highly paid professionals who cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars. Their tools include fraudulent financial reports, rigged elections, payoffs, extortion, sex, and murder.” John Perkins should know—he was an economic hit… Continue reading
HISTORY | MARCH 16, 2020 (smithsonianmag.com) Philip Roth’s classic novel, newly adapted by HBO, envisions a world in which Charles Lindbergh wins the 1940 presidential election Charles Lindbergh, Walter Winchell and Franklin D. Roosevelt (L to R) are among the public figures fictionalized in Philip Roth’s The Plot Against America. Photo illustration by Meilan… Continue reading
Sarah Ravani April 10, 2023 (SFChronicle.com) Comments Oakland began removing the last 60 residents from what was once the largest encampment in Northern California on Monday, a month after a federal judge approved the long-awaited clearance. The city has long struggled with how to handle the homeless encampment near the… Continue reading
SF Berniecrats, Harvey Milk Club, etc., need to recruit a progressive candidate for the seat Ms. Pelosi will be vacating in the 11th District in 2024. I don’t think Shahid Buttar will be running in 2024, so the floor is open for nominations. I know there are a lot of… Continue reading
By Building Canals, Laying Sewers, and Jacking Up Buildings, the Windy City Spurred Its Miraculous Growth Raising a block of buildings on Lake Street, Chicago, in 1857. Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society/Wikimedia Commons. by JOSHUA SALZMANN | OCTOBER 11, 2018 (ZocaloPublicSquare.org) In 1833, Chicago was a wilderness outpost of just 350 residents, clumped around a small… Continue reading
Will Breed support reparations? ByTIM REDMOND APRIL 9, 2023 (48Hills.org) Sup. Shamann Walton has been leading the way on the city’s long-overdue discussion of reparations. The city’s debate has attracted national attention, a lot of it clueless at best and utterly racist at worst. But we haven’t heard a lot from… Continue reading
by WILL JARRETT APRIL 10, 2023 (MissionLocal.org) Members of Noisebridge alongside their logo and informal motto, “Be Excellent.” Seven-month-old Orion, bottom-right, is the collective’s youngest member. “And this,” said volunteer Dana Sniezko with a flourish, “is where we keep the laser.” We were in a warehouse at 18th and Capp streets,… Continue reading
Danielle Echeverria April 8, 2023 Updated: April 9, 2023 1:43 p.m. (SFChronicle.com) Comments More than 1,000 people joined San Francisco community leaders, elected officials and drag performers Saturday to protest the growing wave of anti-drag and anti-LGBTQ legislation across the country. The “Drag Up! Fight Back!” march and rally kicked off at… Continue reading
