U.S. House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) talk to colleagues in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol on May 17, 2022 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) “This is Republicans’ own words and Americans need to hear them loud and clear,”… Continue reading
An aerial view of the Phillips 66 oil refinery in Linden, New Jersey, United States is seen on May 11, 2022. (Photo: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) “The fossil fuel industry has made obscene profits throughout a deadly global pandemic, and will continue this profiteering at the pump by… Continue reading
by Randy Shaw on October 17, 2022 (BeyondChron.org) Prop C Increases Transparency, Oversight Why does the San Francisco agency addressing homelessness have little public oversight? And why are “moderate” political groups wrongly claiming that imposing oversight over a massive bureaucracy reduces “transparency” and adds “red tape”? I wasn’t planning on writing about Prop… Continue reading
Uprising in Palestinefrom Adam Keller, Gush Shalom {If you have trouble reading this, you can read this on Tikkun’s website: Click here} [Editor’s Note: It is extremely frustrating to many Israeli, Palestinian and American peace activists to watch the media give attention to the murderous activities of the Iranian government’s attempt to… Continue reading
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speaks during a news conference on September 29, 2022 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images) “The future of Social Security and Medicare is on the ballot this November,” said one advocate. “Republicans, led by Kevin McCarthy, are united in… Continue reading
18 OCTOBER 2022/SF NEWS/JOE KUKURA (SFist.com) The shotgun-toting robots prefer to be called “percussion actuated nonelectric disruptors,” and the Oakland Police Department wants some, though is currently offering a compromise measure where they’d only be armed with pepper spray. The United States of America has already crossed the rubicon where… Continue reading
By Adrienne Fong Event update and events are only Wed. & Thursday. Hope to have more info available Wed. / Thursday. Please hold the following people in your thoughts: Victor Picazo, dealing with health complications Jackie Barshak, battling stage 4 metastatic lung cancer, as she continues chemo therapy. Melvin Starks –… Continue reading
‘You become yourself among others.” –Timothy Snyder YaleBritishArt Jul 13, 2022 Timothy Snyder, Richard C. Levin Professor of History, Yale University About this program “Marc Quinn: History Painting +,” at the Yale Center for British Art from May 20 through October 16, 2022, presents six works by the British artist Marc… Continue reading
NOAH ARROYO Oct. 17, 2022 Updated: Oct. 18, 2022 (SFChronicle.com) Comments San Francisco’s downtown economic core has been struggling since the start of the pandemic, and there is one idea to help it that just won’t die: Convert empty office buildings into housing. The city’s center is dominated by commercial space… Continue reading
October 17, 2022 (info@medicare4all.org) Two days ago, volunteers in thirteen states showed up at dozens of CVS stores to demand CVS Health leadership put patients before profits: In Hawaii, California, Oregon, Washington, Texas, Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, Georgia, North Carolina, Vermont, New York, and Pennsylvania, RNs and activists publicly demanded that… Continue reading
