Democratic socialist mayoral candidate Omar Fateh won the endorsement of his city party. Then the state party overturned the result. Representative Ilhan Omar calls it “inexcusable.” AUG 26, 2025 The Nation Magazine by John Nichols Omar Fateh in an interview with KARE 11 News on August 7. 2025. (KARE 11… Continue reading
by Randy Shaw on August 25, 2025 (BeyondChron.org) Major United States cities have seen sharp drops in crime. San Francisco has posted steep reductions in all reported categories. Yet what about crimes in unreported categories? Like open air drug markets? Or illegal sidewalk drug use? Or fencing stolen goods? These crimes hurt entire… Continue reading
by Randy Shaw on August 25, 2025 (BeyondChron.org) Drug users at 7th and Market, August 20 6:45 am San Francisco’s historic Mid-Market neighborhood has not come back. While there are signs of progress, sidewalk drug activities, vacant retail, and inadequate positive foot traffic still beset the street. While allowing ride-share vehicles in Mid-Market… Continue reading
Plus: Democratic Party to vote on recall—and on Lurie’s upzoning plan. That’s The Agenda for August 24-31 By TIM REDMOND AUGUST 24, 2025 (48hills.org) The state Legislature barely had time to put a redistricting measure on the ballot when the first two mailers arrived at my house denouncing the plan… Continue reading
A demonstrator is seen at a “Hands Off!” protest against the Trump administration on April 5, 2025 in Riverside, California. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) DOGE officials have been responsible for “serious data security lapses” that risk the safety “of over 300 million Americans’ Social Security data,” the whistleblower complaint… Continue reading
Protesters rally for overturning the US Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling in Washington, DC on the decision’s fifth anniversary. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) “Corporate money has been a disaster for progressive nominees,” said Our Revolution board member Larry Cohen. BRETT WILKINS Aug 26, 2025 (CommonDreams.org)… Continue reading
Protesters gather to demand no abductions, no deportations, and arms embargo on Israel on April 12, 2025 in Chicago, USA. (Photo by Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images) “It’s another sign of just how out of touch Democratic Party leadership is today,” said one supporter of the resolution. BRAD REED Aug… Continue reading
by JUNYAO YANG August 26, 2025 (MissionLocal.org) Read Mission Local often? Help grow our newsroom, joining the hundreds of San Franciscans who support us by giving below. Donate today! In the far northwest of San Francisco, it’s rare to find support for the city’s plan to increase density and height limits in the less-developed,… Continue reading
The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People’s Economy Stephanie Kelton A New York Times BestsellerThe leading thinker and most visible public advocate of modern monetary theory — the freshest and most important idea about economics in decades — delivers a radically different, bold, new understanding for how… Continue reading
