Margaret Sullivan With democracy in the balance, the press must relay the crucial importance of this election and the dangers of a Trump win Thu 9 Nov 2023 11.11 GMT (TheGuardian.com) ‘Trump cannot be reelected if you want America to be a place where elections decide outcomes, where voting rights… Continue reading
Plans include ideas for homelessness, public safety, affordable housing, government performance EMILIO GARCIA-RUIZ Nov. 10, 2023 (SFChronicle.com) When we launched SFNext two years ago, our goal was to convene community members for robust conversations about the challenges facing the city. This would allow residents to have their voices heard in… Continue reading
A community meeting erupts in anger when the person calling the shots on a big luxury project doesn’t bother to show up. By TIM REDMOND NOVEMBER 9, 2023 (48hills.org) Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Share on LinkedIn Share on RedditShare on Email Real estate developers are generally an arrogant bunch, who… Continue reading
Crowds fill streets surrounding Philadelphia’s City Hall in celebration of Armistice Day, November 11, 1918 (Photo: Library Company of Philadelphia/Flickr) The original November 11 embodied a resolve for world peace. H. PATRICIA HYNES Nov 10, 2023 Common Dreams November 11—at the “11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th… Continue reading
Tens of thousands of pro-Palestine demonstrators gathered in London’s Trafalgar Square on November 4 2023. (Photo: Kristian Buus/In Pictures via Getty Images) “We want to send a clear message from the march that we represent the majority of the population in our calls for a cease-fire and that the movement… Continue reading
A funeral ceremony is held for Palestine TV correspondent Mohammed Abu Hatab, who was killed, along with his family members, in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Khan Yunis, Gaza on November 3, 2023. (Photo: Abed Zagout/Anadolu via Getty Images) “This is our job: to hold power to account…. Continue reading
Time Periods: 20th Century, 1961 Themes: Democracy & Citizenship, US Foreign Policy, Wars & Related Anti-War MovementsShare Print In the fall of 1969, organizers in the D.C.-based Vietnam Moratorium Committee sponsored pro-peace anti-war moratoriums around the world. Protests large and small formed in cities across the globe. The date of the first moratorium organized… Continue reading
The group was formed to spin positive PR after Israeli atrocities. Perspective by Doug RossinowDoug Rossinow teaches history at Metropolitan State University, and is currently writing a history of American Zionism from 1948 to 1995. March 6, 2018 at 6:00 a.m. EST (washingtonpost.com) AIPAC, the swaggering and influential American Israel Public… Continue reading
The Onion • Jul 25, 2014 Subscribe to The Onion on YouTube: http://bit.ly/xzrBUA A new report finds climate change skeptics could reach catastrophic levels by 2020, the nation’s gratuitously sexual couples announce plans to wait in line at Six Flags, and a local grandpa looks absolutely precious in his new baseball cap. It’s… Continue reading
by ANNIKA HOM NOVEMBER 9, 2023 (MissionLocal.org) Milo Trauss admitted the project at 2588 Mission St. was a “non-starter for some people.” It’s a 10-story, overwhelmingly market-rate building proposed by Hawk Lou, the owner of the site on Mission and 22nd streets where Lou’s previous building burned in 2015. Scores of tenants… Continue reading
