by Randy Shaw on June 26, 2023 (BeyondChorn.org) Dealers outside Elk Hotel, 670 Eddy. June 20, 2023 Police Insist on Failed Strategy “It appears that the city has decided to make the area in front of the Elk Hotel a drug containment zone. It’s pretty much the same dealers every day”—Grace Wong, Associate… Continue reading
From Adrienne Fong Pack the Court: Justice for Sean Moore Court Hearing Thursday, June 29 9:00am San Francisco Hall of Justice850 Bryant St., Dept. 20 (2nd Floor)SF Please join us for a court hearing on Thursday, where District Attorney Brooke Jenkins will decide whether or not to prosecute SFPD’s officer Kenneth Cha, who… Continue reading
Viola Ford Fletcher and her family fled a murderous white mob 102 years ago – today she’s still demanding accountability by David Smith in Washington Sun 25 Jun 2023 (TheGuardian.com) Viola Ford Fletcher smiles as her mind burrows back in time more than a hundred years. “We were happy then,” she says wistfully…. Continue reading
Detail of Taravat Talepasand, “Woman, Life, Freedom,” (2022). Neon She’s made it through censorship and the Trump administration—and the Iranian American artist is still telling her truth. By EMILY WILSON JUNE 24, 2023 (48Hills.org) Taravat Talepasand’s first name means the smell when the first spring rain lands on flowers. Fittingly,… Continue reading
Striking Starbucks workers in the Castro are back at the coffee shop on Monday after nearly 20 employees picketed outside the store during San Francisco Pride celebrations on Sunday. Customers recovering from Saturday night festivities were unable to buy their usual soy milk lattes Sunday morning at the 4094 18th… Continue reading
Silent Coup: How Corporations Overthrew Democracy Claire Provost, Matt Kennard As European empires crumbled in the 20th century, the power structures that had dominated the world for centuries were up for renegotiation. Yet instead of a rebirth for democracy, what emerged was a silent coup – namely, the unstoppable rise of… Continue reading
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mary Ellen Pleasant Born August 19, 1814[a]Georgia, Virginia, or Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[a] Died January 11, 1904[b]San Francisco, California Known for Entrepreneur and abolitionist Mary Ellen Pleasant (August 19, 1814[a] – January 11, 1904[b]) was a 19th-century entrepreneur, financier, real estate magnate and abolitionist. She was arguably the first self-made millionaire of African-American heritage, preceding Madam C. J. Walker by… Continue reading
In the duel between the Wagner Group’s Yevgeny Prigozhin and Russian President Vladimir Putin, both men lost their nerve. James Risen June 25 2023, 5:23 p.m. (TheIntercept.com) Head of the Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin leaves the Southern Military District headquarters on June 24, 2023, in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Photo: Stringer/Anadolu Agency… Continue reading
A member of the press talks with Ukrainian military members before departure on a combat mission towards Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on February 8, 2023. Photo: Yevhenii Zavhorodnii/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images “It’s wild how little of what’s happening is being chronicled.” Alice Speri June 22 2023, 6:00 a.m…. Continue reading
American Experience | PBS Premiered Jun 6, 2023 Official website: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexpe… When police raided the Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar in the Greenwich Village section of New York City on June 28, 1969, the street erupted into violent protests that lasted for the next six days. The Stonewall riots,… Continue reading
