MAHMOUD ABBAS HOLOCAUST CONTROVERSY SPOTLIGHTS DEEP DISILLUSION WITH PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY

BECOMEA MEMBER Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting at the Palestinian Authority headquarters in Ramallah, West Bank, on May 12, 2021. Photo: Majdi Mohammed/AP Thirty years after the Oslo Accords, Palestinians question whether the pseudo-government born from the peace process can — and should — survive. Alice Speri September… Continue reading

Bevy of new students and retail giant bolster back-to-school business downtown

Bevy of new students and retail giant bolster back-to-school business downtown

This August, UC College of the Law completed the second phase of its Academic Village with 656 units of new student housing in downtown San Francisco. What’s unique is that students residing in the Village attend classes at graduate and professional schools from across San Francisco and beyond: UC Law SF, UCSF,… Continue reading

PDA Sunday Progressive Town Hall, September 17, 2023 LIVE from NYC

PDAMERICA Started streaming 44 minutes ago Today’s March to End Fossil Fuels is indeed a historic event—for at least two reasons. First, the march is designed to be a complimentary prelude to the U.N. Climate Ambition Summit, that opens on Wednesday, September 20. The Secretary General of the United Nations,… Continue reading

Newsom explains why he’s pushing for U.S. constitutional convention on guns

Bob Egelko Sep. 15, 2023 Updated: Sep. 16, 2023 12:40 p.m. (SFChronicle.com) Celebrating the Legislature’s swift approval of his proposal to call a U.S. constitutional convention on gun control, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday such an extraordinary step was needed because gun advocates have gained control of the nation’s courts. “The… Continue reading

‘Not destined to the doom loop’: Thousands flock to first S.F. night market

Megan Fan Munce Sep. 15, 2023 Updated: Sep. 17, 2023 10:41 a.m. (SFChronicle.com) Three years ago it may have been impossible to imagine three blocks of Irving Street packed to the brim with people, performers and food.  But the inaugural Sunset Night Market Friday night was just as crowded as the… Continue reading

‘A Watershed Moment’: California Sues Big Oil Over Decades of Climate Destruction

A man runs past a fallen tree amid Tropical Storm Hilary on August 21, 2023 in San Diego, California.  (Photo: Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images) “California’s move is an unmistakable sign that the wave of climate lawsuits against Big Oil will keep growing and that these polluters’ days of… Continue reading

Sanders Sends Message to Big Three CEOs: ‘Time for You to End Your Greed’

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks at a United Auto Workers rally on September 15, 2023 in Detroit, Michigan.  (Photo: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images) “The CEOs of General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis and their major stockholders on Wall Street have got to understand: they cannot have it all,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders…. Continue reading

Minnesota Voters File 14th Amendment Suit to Keep Trump Off Ballot

Former U.S. President Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower on September 6, 2023 in New York City.  (Photo: James Devaney/GC Images) “Donald Trump engaged in an insurrection in an effort to overthrow our democracy,” said one of the petitioners. “We must enforce the Constitution to make sure he never has the… Continue reading