Palestinians form a line to receive hot meals in Gaza’s al-Zeitoun neighborhood on July 31, 2025. (Photo: Abdalhkem Abu Riash/Anadolu via Getty Images) “The American people do not want to spend billions to starve children in Gaza,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. “The Democrats are moving forward on this issue, and… Continue reading
Months after SF closed its last RV parking site, San Jose’s is thriving — at a fraction of the cost. by MARINA NEWMAN July 31, 2025 (MissionLocal.org) This week, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie signed legislation banning RV dwellers from parking more than two hours on city streets. Lurie described the ban as… Continue reading
By Lester Black, Cannabis editor July 30, 2025 (SFGate.com) FILE: People on a moving walkway in front of 787 Dreamliners parked at San Francisco International Airport gates on Sept. 11, 2017, in San Francisco.George Rose/Getty Images The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown appears to have kept a Texas scientist who was born in Korea… Continue reading
Tom Lehrer (via Wikipedia.org) Kuttner on TAP July 30, 2025 (Prospect.org) Both challenged American smugness, one with satire and the other with great journalism. Two of the heroes of my youth died this past week, one at 97 and the other at 103. The youngster was Tom Lehrer. A math genius… Continue reading
See the path from arrest to removal for immigrants detained by ICE in the Bay by KELLY WALDRON and FRANKIE SOLINSKY DURYEA July 30, 2025 (MissionLocal.org) In early July, Edin Eduardo Castañeda Reyes stopped to get breakfast on his way to work in Redwood City when he noticed two unmarked cars following him… Continue reading
by OSCAR PALMA July 29, 2025 (MissionLocal.org) The San Francisco Board of Supervisors today unanimously rejected an appeal of the first stage of the “Marvel in the Mission,” the planned 100-percent-affordable housing development at 16th and Mission streets. Since permanent supportive housing projects are shielded at the state level by SB 2162, neighbors instead… Continue reading
Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub al-Matouq, an 18-month-old child in Gaza City, Gaza, faces life-threatening malnutrition as the humanitarian situation worsens due to ongoing Israeli attacks and blockade, on July 21, 2025. (Photo: Ahmed Jihad Ibrahim Al-arini/Anadolu via Getty Images) “If a publication ran an editors’ note to ‘clarify’ that some portion… Continue reading
Congressional Progressive Caucus chairman Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) speaks in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, July 16, 2025. (Photo: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) “If Trump is allowed to rip the Voting Rights Act to shreds here in Central Texas, his ploy will spread like wildfire across the… Continue reading
