28 OCTOBER 2023/SF NEWS (SFist.com) Activists have planned a demonstration advocating for a ceasefire in Gaza and in support of Palestinians near the Harry Bridges Plaza and San Francisco Ferry Building on Saturday, scheduled to start at 1 p.m.. The rally follows concerns about the recent developments in the Gaza… Continue reading
27 OCTOBER 2023/BUSINESS & TECH/JAY BARMANN (SFist.com) Whatever Elon Musk’s ultimate vision for the platform he and almost no one else calls X may be, it is still slow to take shape, and one year into his tenure at the company, the results of his leadership aren’t great. A New York… Continue reading
When: 2:00 pm, Saturday, November 4, 2023 Where: Freedom Plaza, Washington D.C. October 27, 2023, Washington D.C. – Tens of thousands are set to converge in Washington DC on November 4 to participate in a mobilization in support of Palestine and to protest Israel’s genocidal attacks on Gaza. The mobilization is projected to be the largest… Continue reading
The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War Jeff Sharlet An unmatched guide to the religious dimensions of American politics, Jeff Sharlet journeys into corners of our national psyche where others fear to tread. The Undertow is both inquiry and meditation, an attempt to understand how, over the last decade,… Continue reading
POSTED IN RATTLING THE BARS Dublin FCI’s former warden, Ray J. Garcia, was sentenced to 60 months in prison for sexually abusing three women. A new lawsuit says the problem hasn’t stopped. BY MANSA MUSA OCTOBER 23, 2023 (therealnews.com) A cell at the Federal Correctional Institution, Dublin (FCI Dublin) is photographed… Continue reading
by JOE RIVANO BARROS OCTOBER 26, 2023 Suzanne Pullen has $120,000 in student loan debt. At 53, she has not been a student for some time, but is, at last, using her hard-won doctoral degree. She’s a lecturer in communication studies at San Francisco State University, where she watches her students… Continue reading
by YUJIE ZHOU OCTOBER 27, 2023 (MissionLocal.org) Frustrated with stalled contract negotiations, 94 percent of the custodians, public safety officers and dispatchers at City College of San Francisco voted to authorize a strike on Thursday, according to SEIU Local 1021, which represents the school’s 400 or so staff members. For similar… Continue reading
This video grab taken from a video posted on the Twitter account of billionaire Tesla chief Elon Musk on October 26, 2022 shows himself carrying a sink as he enters the Twitter headquarters in San Francisco. (Photo by Twitter account of Elon Musk/AFP via Getty Images) In Musk’s distorted world… Continue reading
A photo of Robert Ellsberg with his father, the whistleblower, author, and anti-nuclear and peace activist Daniel Ellsberg. (Photo: Courtesy of Robert Ellsberg and family) In the final days, his joy and gratitude were based on the hope that others would carry on the effort for a better, more peaceful… Continue reading
The Minnesota lawmaker is betting big on New Hampshire. Campaign ad: https://players.brightcove.net/1155968404/r1WF6V0Pl_default/index.html?videoId=6339928476112 Dean Phillips is squaring off against Biden, who’s sitting on $91 million in campaign cash with the entire party machinery arrayed behind him. By ELENA SCHNEIDER 10/27/2023 05:00 AM EDT (Politico.com) CONCORD, N.H. — The presidential campaign Dean Phillips… Continue reading
