By Sam Whiting,ReporterJune 20, 2024(SFChronicle.com) A master calligrapher and collector of commemorative stamps, Alan A. Blackman was an international phenomenon whose “Letters to Myself” were exhibited at the San Francisco Main Library. He died June 6 at age 96.Brandon Chew/Special to the Chronicle 2015 Alan Blackman could count on receiving one… Continue reading
The University of California is not currently considering putting any new campuses or facilities in San Francisco despite the mayor’s invitation for it to do so, the statewide system’s Office of the President said this week. The announcement put a damper on the hopes of Mayor London Breed, who has repeatedly cited her… Continue reading
San Francisco League of Pissed Off Voters June 20, 2024 Dear Leaguers,Everything is at stake this November.We could finally get a progressive mayor and fight back against San Francisco’s rightward turn.And the League is already coming out fighting. This month we’ve early-endorsed Aaron Peskin for Mayor, Connie Chan for District 1… Continue reading
Nikki Mccann Ramirez/Rolling Stone Roger Stone listening during a press conference across the street from the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando on Feb. 25, 2022. (photo: Jabin Botsford/Getty) 20 june 24 Liberal documentary filmmaker Lauren Windsor’s team spoke to the “dirty trickster” of right-wing politics at an event at… Continue reading
Yevheniia Martyniuk/Euromaidan Press Ukrainian children from Kherson Children’s Home before taken to Russia. (photo: The New York Times) 20 june 24 Last year, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s children’s rights commissioner, Maria Lvova-Belova, accusing them of illegally deporting Ukrainian children to Russia…. Continue reading
by ELENI BALAKRISHNAN JUNE 18, 2024 (MissionLocal.org) Here’s the latest in our “Meet the Candidates” series for District 5, in which we ask each candidate to answer one question per week leading up to the election. Four candidates are challenging incumbent Supervisor Dean Preston to represent District 5, which spans… Continue reading
By Madilynne Medina,News Reporter June 19, 2024 (SFGate.com) The Shasta Indian Nation will be returned 2,820 acres of ancestral land in northwestern California, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday. The land return is the largest in California history and comes as a reconciliation effort to apologize to Native communities for historical injustices,… Continue reading
The deluge in outside spending, which also includes another $1 million from another pro-Israel group, threatens to sink Representative Jamaal Bowman. Listen to this article · 8:48 min Learn more By Nicholas Fandos June 20, 2024 (NYTimes.com) Pro-Israel political groups have transformed a Democratic primary on the outskirts of New York City, overwhelming… Continue reading
THU, 6/20/2024 – BY CARL GIBSON (Occupy.com) Former President Donald Trump’s guilty verdict raised the stakes of the 2024 election once again. It’s no longer just about choosing a candidate, but about choosing a system of government altogether. After a 12-person New York jury found Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts he… Continue reading
Netflix • Apr 17, 2020 Combining archival footage with testimony from activists and scholars, director Ava DuVernay’s examination of the U.S. prison system looks at how the country’s history of racial inequality drives the high rate of incarceration in America. This piercing, Oscar-nominated film won Best Documentary at the Emmys,… Continue reading
