Staffing cuts, a boarding crisis, and an $809 million surplus. To employees, the question isn’t whether UCSF can fix its emergency department — it’s whether it wants to. By Jennifer Wadsworth Additional reporting by Kevin Truong Published Jun. 25, 2026 (SFStandard.com) As a lifelong liver transplant patient, Kelsey M. knows her body the… Continue reading
Skip to content Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times PRE-ORDER BOOK Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times Skye Perryman — President & CEO of Democracy Forward and TIME 100 honoree — makes the case that defending democracy isn’t the job of lawyers or politicians alone — it’s a role for every one of us…. Continue reading
Paramedics at the emergency room of the Medical University of Lausitz Carl Thiem are lifting a stretcher carrying a patient out of their ambulance in Southern Brandenburg, Germany on Sunday, June 28, 2026. There has been an increase in emergency calls due to heat-related illnesses. (Photo by Frank Hammerschmidt/picture alliance… Continue reading
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani jumps into a public pool fully dressed in East Harlem on Saturday, June 27, 2026. (Photo: Screengrab/video/Liam Quigley) “He’s in the running as best mayor NYC has ever had. Look out LaGuardia.” Jon Queally Jun 27, 2026 (CommonDreams.org) As the disastrous saga surrounding President… Continue reading
The congresswoman has a strong track record of backing winners this cycle — but she’s emerging from controversy after sitting out key races in her home state. Akela Lacy June 25 2026, (TheIntercept.com) Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., at the U.S. Capitol on March 25, 2026. Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via… Continue reading
In the mythology of history, 1776 belongs to Philadelphia: declarations, rebellion and the birth of the United States. Yet on the far edge of a continent the revolutionaries hadn’t fully imagined, another founding was quietly unfolding that same year. While Thomas Jefferson drafted ideals of liberty and self-government in the… Continue reading
Congress passed the laws. Previous presidents signed them. The Supreme Court has now declared they can be ignored whenever this particular president chooses (but not Biden)… Thom Hartmann and Raw America Jun 26, 2026 (rawamerica.com) Something happened inside the Supreme Court chamber on Thursday that almost never happens: Justice Sonia Sotomayor was… Continue reading
Posted on June 27, 2026 by Ellen Brown (EllenBrown.com) As Americans prepare to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, few are paying attention to a bill moving through Congress that could seriously impinge on our financial independence. The Clarity for Payment Stablecoins Act, H.R. 4766, is slated to make privately… Continue reading
27 June 2026/SF Politics/Zack Ruskin (SFist.com) SFPD officers kicked off San Francisco’s Pride festivities by arresting five protesters for alleged acts of paint-related vandalism following Friday’s Trans March. Eyewitnesses say one detainee was dragged along the ground by an officer and that another was forcibly pinned to the ground. On-the-ground reporting… Continue reading
