The Cost of Climate

Extreme weather and changes in seasonal patterns are fundamentally altering the landscape, in cities and in farming communities. You’re going to pay for it. BY GABRIELLE GURLEY DECEMBER 4, 2025 (Prospect.org) This article appears in the December 2025 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina unleashed a levee-busting catastrophe on… Continue reading

This might be the defining issue in the race to succeed Nancy Pelosi By J.D. Morris, Alexei Koseff,Staff WritersDec 9, 2025 Gift Article An affordable housing complex at 383 Sixth Ave., formerly 4200 Geary Blvd., became a vivid example of a bitter divide between Scott Wiener and Connie Chan over their approaches to… Continue reading

Streamlining Committee Targets San Francisco Tenants

by Randy Shaw on December 1, 2025 (Beyond Chron.org) 1993 flyer. What tenants faced prior to the BIC Five city officials with no connection to tenant groups is trying to eliminate San Francisco’s most vital tenant protection body: the Building Inspection Commission (BIC). Minutes from a recent meeting of the Streamlining Committee reflect… Continue reading

Republican Women Suddenly Realize They’re Surrounded by Misogynists

Dec. 9, 2025 (NYTimes.com) By Michelle Goldberg Opinion Columnist In 1982, Phyllis Schlafly, perhaps the most important anti-feminist in American history, debated the radical feminist law professor Catharine MacKinnon. Schlafly believed that sexism was a thing of the past; to her, if women had different roles in society than men, it… Continue reading