Smoke rises above Beirut’s southern suburbs during an Israeli strike on Lebanese residential buildings on September 27, 2024. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images) While Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah reportedly survived the attack on the densely populated area of Lebanon’s capitol, one observer warned that Israel may still “get the regional… Continue reading
Elon Musk looks up as he addresses guests at an event in Stavanger, Norway on August 29, 2022. (Photo: Carina Johansen/NTB/AFP via Getty Images) “In the first five years following the 2017 giveaway, 35 companies raked in $277 billion in domestic profits and paid their executives $9.5 billion.” JAKE JOHNSON… Continue reading
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally on September 25, 2024 in Mint Hill, North Carolina. (Photo: Brandon Bell/Getty Images) “As president, he cut taxes for corporations, encouraged outsourcing, and lost nearly 200,000 manufacturing jobs, including auto jobs,” said Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. JAKE… Continue reading
\AJ+ Nov 3, 2023 Bisan Owda, a 25 year old Gazan, is documenting Israel’s relentless bombing of the Gaza Strip on her mobile phone. It’s a stark reality to her life from a month ago when she was living her dream of being a storyteller, showcasing Palestinian life and culture…. Continue reading
Agence France-Presse September 23, 2024 (RawStory.com) This photo taken on September 22, 2017 gives an aerial view of deforestation in the western Amazon region of Brazil CARL DE SOUZA AFP/File The South American jungle, spanning nine countries, is seen as crucial to the fight against climate change due to its… Continue reading
By Bob Egelko, Courts Reporter Sep 25, 2024 (SFChronicle.com) Marcellus Williams was executed by the state of Missouri on Tuesday despite objections from prosecutors and the family of the woman he was found guilty of killing.The Innocence Project In the wake of Missouri’s execution of a Black man over the objections… Continue reading
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 26, 2024, at UN headquarters in New York. © Frank Franklin II, AP By:FRANCE 24Follow|FRANCE 24 Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday called on the world to stop providing Israel with weapons, saying it… Continue reading
The Harris platform calls for huge government spending on affordable housing—along with strict market regulation. By CALVIN WELCH SEPTEMBER 25, 2024 (48hills.org) The real estate industry-dominated press is busy claiming that Vice President Kamala Harris has fully embraced the industry’s front group (aka Yimbys) position and that that position has… Continue reading
So many classes have been cut that it’s becoming way too difficult for students to get their degrees. It’s a serious crisis ByRICK BAUM SEPTEMBER 25, 2024 (48hills.org) You may know someone who tried to enroll in a class at City College of San Francisco for the fall term or… Continue reading
Murders are at a 60-year low, but San Franciscans are fed up — and inured to data by JOE RIVANO BARROS SEPTEMBER 26, 2024 (MissionLocal.org) Sign up below to get Mission Local’s free newsletter, a daily digest of news you won’t find elsewhere.Sign up Leer en español Mission Local is publishing campaign… Continue reading
