Margaret Sullivan/Guardian UK ‘The 2017 white-supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia? Trump saw “very fine people on both sides”. (photo: Steven Hirsch/AP) 24 may 24 (RSN.org) You’ll hear no apology, no disavowal, no expression of regret for what he did. And certainly no promise that this will never happen again We’ve… Continue reading
by YUJIE ZHOU MAY 23, 2024 (MissionLocal.org) Leer en español Between now and the November election, Mission Local is asking each District 3 candidate one question per week, and candidates will get 100 words to respond. We will compile all responses to the 40-odd questions on a “Meet the Candidates” page,… Continue reading
Link to video: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1j/k1ju1o38md UN Web TV THE HAGUE – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers an Order in the case South Africa v. Israel Categories Meetings & Events / International Court of Justice / Cases / 192 – South Africa v. Israel Production Date 24 May 2024 INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE – ICJ Summary… Continue reading
By Ricardo Cano,ReporterMay 22, 2024 (SFChronicle.com) A cross-sectional rendering of the Transbay transit center after the completion of a downtown San Francisco rail extension to the hub’s basement. Transbay Joint Powers Authority San Francisco’s vision to make the desolate Transbay transit center the “Grand Central Station of the West” has received support from… Continue reading
By Katherine Li AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin Corporations are weaponizing the First Amendment to argue they don’t have to comply with regulations they oppose. Referencing faulty science and controversies they helped engineer, these companies have pioneered a novel legal strategy taking aim at emissions disclosures, drug price caps, social media reforms,… Continue reading
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest outside Harvard Yard during Harvard University’s graduation ceremony on May 23, 2024. (Photo: Rick Friedman / AFP via Getty Images) The demonstration followed the “unduly harsh punishment” of 13 students barred from receiving their diplomas stemming from their support for Palestinian rights. EDWARD CARVER May 23, 2024… Continue reading
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) attend a press conference in Washington, D.C. on June 24, 2019. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images) “Working families should not be forced to pad the profits of an industry that is destroying our planet,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. JULIA… Continue reading
Read all the way through for some truly staggering numbers BILL MCKIBBEN MAY 15, 2024 (billmckibben.substack.com) In one of the gigglier moments in modern movie history, Dr. Evil, awakening from thirty years of cryogenic sleep, threatens the world with utter destruction unless it pays him…one million dollars. (His criminal accomplices explain inflation… Continue reading
by Randy Shaw on May 20, 2024 (BeyondChron.org) Mayor Breed preferred to share stage with Aaron Peskin San Francisco’s Moderate Disunity Until last Thursday afternoon, there were two competing San Francisco mayoral debates set for Monday night, May 20. Mark Farrell, Daniel Lurie and Ahsha Safai were debating at the Tenderloin’s historic Hibernia… Continue reading
