You don’t need to fire 50 teachers. There are other options that could help save the school. By ANITA MARTINEZ MAY 5, 2022 (48Hills.org) Please do not layoff 50 full-time CCSF tenured and tenure track faculty. Instead, direct the current chancellor to build a less hasty, more carefully conceived plan to… Continue reading
Written byMike Ege Published May 5, 2022 (SFStandard.com) A Recology driver arrives at Recology on Tunnel Ave. on Jan. 31, 2022. | Camille Cohen This coming June 7 election is the third heat in our quadrathlon election year, and it’s going to be one of the bigger ones with contests… Continue reading
Protesters hold a “Green New Deal Now” banner during a demonstration outside the Bank of England on November 6, 2021. (Photo: Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Build Back Better is on the ropes. But other parts of a just transition are moving forward. JOHN FEFFER May 6, 2022 by Foreign Policy… Continue reading
Justices of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on April 23, 2021. Photo: Erin Schaff-Pool/Getty Images Four of the justices voting to overturn Roe were appointed by presidents initially elected while losing the popular vote. Jon SchwarzMay 3 2022, 1:21 p.m. (TheIntercept.com) ROE V. WADE, the 1973 Supreme Court case that established a… Continue reading
Union members say cutting faculty will lead to a cycle of lower enrollment and less revenue; they have an alternative. By GARRETT LEAHY MAY 4, 2022 (48hills.org) City College faculty staged a sleep-in protest outside the main administration building, Conlan Hall, Tuesday, which continued Wednesday, with teachers pitching tents in… Continue reading
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) speaks during a rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on May 3, 2022 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) “Abolishing the filibuster is not radical,” said the advocacy group Public Citizen. “What’s radical is watching anti-abortion, anti-trans, and voter suppression legislation sweep the… Continue reading
5 MAY 2022/BUSINESS & TECH/JOE KUKURA (SFist.com) The new CEO of Twitter under Elon Musk will be Elon Musk, according to people familiar with his investor briefings, though he says for now that he will only be an interim CEO. We got some financing news today on Elon Musk’s ongoing Twitter… Continue reading
Eric Ting, SFGATE May 5, 2022 (SFGate.com) Safer SF Without Boudin, the campaign behind the June 7 recall election of San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, has released a new 30-second ad blasting Boudin’s handling of drug-related cases. “I had to close my business after 20 years because of constant drug dealers in front of… Continue reading
