Daniel Lurie heavily alters the mayor’s race. But can he win?

by JOE ESKENAZI SEPTEMBER 26, 2023 (MissionLocal.org) Surely it was a coincidence that Mayor London Breed announced her new initiative to force welfare recipients into mandatory drug testing and treatment at the very moment Daniel Lurie was signing papers to run for mayor.  If you spend even a moment to examine… Continue reading

Book: “To Move the World: JFK’s Quest for Peace”

To Move the World: JFK’s Quest for Peace Jeffrey D. Sachs An inspiring look at the historic foreign policy triumph of John F. Kennedy’s presidency—the crusade for world peace that consumed his final year in office—by the New York Times bestselling author of The Price of Civilization, Common Wealth, and The End of Poverty The last… Continue reading

A chron oped on the housing hearing is wrong, and signals a new attack on the supes

A chron oped on the housing hearing is wrong, and signals a new attack on the supes

Board members asked for a modest delay to consider the mayor’s amendments to a complex housing bill. The Chron talks of “Nimbys.” By TIM REDMOND SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 (48hills.org) I should know better than to take seriously any analysis of the city’s housing crisis coming from the Office of State… Continue reading

‘He Serves the Billionaire Class’: UAW President Says He Won’t Meet With Trump

United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain addresses striking autoworkers at a General Motors Service Parts Operations plant in Belleville, Michigan on September 26, 2023.  (Photo: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images) “All you have to do is look at his track record,” said United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain. “His track… Continue reading

Supreme Court Could Trigger Hundreds of Billions in Corporate Tax Cuts ‘With the Stroke of Pen’

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito poses for a photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on October 7, 2022.  (Photo: Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images) A new report warns that huge tax gifts for corporations and “a $340 billion hole in the federal budget” are among the potential… Continue reading

‘Catastrophe’ Averted as Judge Upholds California County’s Rejection of Exxon Oil Trucking Plan

A worker removes oil from the sand at Refugio State Beach in the Santa Barbara Channel, north of Goleta, California one month after a massive oil spill in May 2015.  (Photo: Jae C. Hong/ Associated Press) “It’s time for Exxon to accept that the community won’t support drilling and transporting… Continue reading

TRADITIONAL DOWNTOWNS ARE DEAD OR DYING IN MANY US CITIES — HERE’S WHAT’S NEXT

Photo by Ethan Chang on Unsplash cars on road near high rise buildings during daytime The Conversation September 25, 2023 (alternet.org) The hollowing out of U.S. cities’ office and commercial cores is a national trend with serious consequences for millions of Americans. As more people have stayed home following the COVID-19 pandemic, foot… Continue reading

In Historic First, Biden Walks Picket Line With Striking UAW Workers

President Joe Biden addresses striking members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union at a picket line outside a General Motors Service Parts Operations plant in Belleville, Michigan on September 26, 2023.  (Photo: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images) “You deserve what you’ve earned, and you’ve earned a hell of a… Continue reading