The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR’S Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience Kirstin Downey Frances Perkins is no longer a household name, yet she was one of the most influential women of the twentieth century. Based on eight years of research, extensive archival… Continue reading
London Review of Books Vol. 47 No. 14 · 14 August 2025 (lrb.co.uk) Richard Seymour The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World: Essays by David Graeber, edited by Nika Dubrovsky.Allen Lane, 356 pp., £25, November 2024, 978 0 241 61155 5 When David Graeber left academia in 2005, he had no intention of going back. His contract had been… Continue reading
Israel’s notorious Unit 8200 was given access to Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform for use in storing recordings of phone calls made by Palestinian civilians News Desk AUG 7, 2025 (thecradle.co) (Photo credit: AP) Israel has been using a Microsoft cloud platform to store massive amounts of data and intelligence on… Continue reading
The President’s Opposition Is Just What the Megaproject Needs to Get Back on Track By Joe Mathews August 5, 2025 (ZocaloPublicSquare.org) Donald Trump just gave Californians a new opening to save our high-speed rail project. Will we take it? Of course, Trump, true to form, offered us this opportunity in a nasty,… Continue reading
Pressure is mounting against Israel in the U.S. and around the world. Will it mean anything on the ground in Palestine? Jonah Valdez August 6 2025 (TheIntercept.com) Palestinians suffering from extreme hunger under Israel’s intense attacks and blockade gather at an aid distribution center near the Zikim border crossing in… Continue reading
Berkeley is one of 18 on a federal list of sanctuary cities targeted by President Donald Trump’s administration. An initial list, released May 29, listed more than 500 “sanctuary jurisdictions” which the Trump administration alleged hindered immigration enforcement, according to AP News. The new list, released Tuesday, narrows that number… Continue reading
Saikat Chakrabarti’s bid for Congress is setting down roots in San Francisco. The progressive Democrat, who opened a new campaign headquarters last week, said he’s hoping to build a movement. ‘“We do need to do a huge voter-contact operation, and a big part of our strength is going to be our grassroots… Continue reading
A new analysis shows that if you give $100 to an appeal run by a leading Democratic Party vendor, only $1.60 will actually go to the campaign. The Nation Magazine (thenationmagazine@substack.com) AUG 6, 2025 by Chris Lehmann These ubiquitous e-mail and text-message pleas for donations are known as “churn and… Continue reading
Share this Post: The building at 111 Taylor Street was the site of the riot at the old Gene Compton’s Cafeteria in August 1966. Photo: Matthew S. Bajko The San Francisco supervisor who represents the Tenderloin has no immediate plans to initiate landmark proceedings on the building that saw an… Continue reading
Why the western world has been slow to move against it PATRICK MAZZA AUG 6, 2025 The leveling of Gaza by the equivalent of 6 Hiroshima bombs is said to be the greatest destruction of an urban area in modern history. There are times when it is difficult to bring… Continue reading
