by Oscar Palma August 6, 2026 (MissionLocal.org) This is part of our ongoing coverage of 16th and Mission. Click here for a dashboard of crime statistics updated daily, and read an archive of past coverage here. In the housing eco-system around 16th and Mission Streets, single room occupancy hotels show both the promise of empty… Continue reading
Niemöller at The Hague‘s Grote Kerk in May 1952 Friedrich Gustav Emil Martin Niemöller was a German theologian and Lutheran pastor. He opposed the Nazi regime during the late 1930s, and was sent to a concentration camp for his affiliation with the Confessing Church and his opposition to state involvement in Church. Wikipedia Born… Continue reading
The report shows how employees at Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, and JPMorgan helped to hide Epstein’s activities because he was a load-bearing part of their ‘wall of cash.’ by Whitney Curry Wimbish August 5, 2026 (Prospect.org) Key executives at Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, and JPMorgan Chase routinely ignored the… Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights in America A. Philip Randolph led Black workers and won defining civil rights victories over a career spanning 60 turbulent years. by Harold Meyerson August 5, 2026 (Prospect.org) This article appears in the August 2026 issue of The American Prospect magazine. If you’d like to receive our next issue in your mailbox,… Continue reading
5 August 2026/SF Politics/Leanne Maxwell (SFist.com) State Senator Scott Weiner proposed naming the Bay Bridge’s Yerba Buena Tunnel after local folk icon, the late Emperor Norton, who first conceived of the idea of connecting SF and Oakland more than half a century before the bridge came to be. The proposal… Continue reading
Populist Abdul El-Sayed shocked the Democratic Party establishment by beating an incumbent Congresswoman for a Senate nominating contest, despite being outspent nine to one. What comes now? Matt Stoller Aug 5, 2026 There is a rebellion afoot in America. Last night, there was a Senate primary election in Michigan, and… Continue reading
(Image from houseofcards.fandom.com) By Mike Zonta, BB editor (and ChatGPT) Me: People always talk about how great it was that Washington only served two terms. I think he had to be convinced to run a second time. ChatGPT: Yes. By the end of his first term, George Washington was tired… Continue reading
Posted in Working in America In her words, Frances Perkins, the first woman cabinet secretary, ‘came to Washington to work for God, FDR, and the millions of forgotten, plain, common workingmen.’ by Gabrielle GurleyAugust 4, 2026 This article appears in the August 2026 issue of The American Prospect magazine. If you’d like to receive our next… Continue reading
