Journalist Thomas Smith got invited into the secretive glass-fronted tower in Mission Bay, and came away with a new perspective on the AI giant A modern glass office building with a sky bridge and landscaped seating area, home to artificial intelligence company OpenAI, in San Francisco, May 27, 2025.Smith Collection/Gado By Thomas… Continue reading
US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) addresses voting rights supporters at the All Roads Lead to the South rally in Montgomery, Alabama on May 16, 2026. (Photo by @saedaaya/X) Labor rights and voting rights groups were among those who gathered in Selma and Montgomery, Alabama for the All Roads Lead to… Continue reading
Attendees hold signs as they listen to speakers during a rally calling for an end to corporate money on January 21, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) “The far-right Supreme Court hijacked the Constitution to let corporations spend in our elections. But we are not powerless. We… Continue reading
US Vice President JD Vance speaks alongside Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz during a press conference on anti-fraud initiatives at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 13, 2026. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty Images) “Withholding reimbursements only further hurts patients, strains providers, and… Continue reading
Asia / Pacific Taiwan on Saturday maintained it is a “sovereign and independent” nation and that US arms sales were part of Washington’s security commitment to the island. The foreign ministry statement came a day after President Donald Trump warned Taiwan against declaring formal independence following his meeting with Chinese… Continue reading
The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements Eric Hoffer A stevedore on the San Francisco docks in the 1940s, Eric Hoffer wrote philosophical treatises in his spare time while living in the railroad yards. The True Believer — the first and most famous of his books —… Continue reading
US Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) brought his Fighting Oligarchy Tour to Mumford High School in Detroit, Michigan on May 3, 2026, appearing with Senate candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed. (Photo by Sarah Rice/Getty Images) “Our political revolution is a multiracial, multigenerational working-class movement built from the ground up,” ready to “fight… Continue reading
Attendees hold signs as they listen to speakers during a rally calling for an end to corporate money on January 21, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) “The far-right Supreme Court hijacked the Constitution to let corporations spend in our elections. But we are not powerless. We… Continue reading
KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco May 15, 2026 California’s Department of Justice on Friday released a new report on living conditions in facilities across the state, which include allegations of overcrowding, undercooked food, inadequate clothing and poor access to clean drinking water, which amounts to cruelty.
