US’s Erosion of the Right to Cartoon Is No Laughing Matter

US’s Erosion of the Right to Cartoon Is No Laughing Matter

April 9, 2026 (fair.org) Hank Kennedy Bill Maudlin (Up Front, 4/17–22/1944) During World War II, cartoonist Bill Mauldin was summoned to a meeting with Gen. George S. Patton. Mauldin’s Stars and Stripes cartoons drew Patton’s ire over his matter-of-fact depictions of war and American GIs. To Mauldin, war was no fun adventure. In Up Front, his… Continue reading

Steal This Story, Please! Official Theatrical Trailer

Elsewhere Films Mar 19, 2026 A riveting portrait of the iconic independent journalist Amy Goodman by Oscar-nominated Directors Tia Lessin and Carl Deal. Executive Producers Rosario Dawson, Jane Fonda and Tom Morello. In theaters Spring 2026. www.stealthisstory.org @stealthisstoryplease Steal This Story, Please! at the Roxie Friday, April 17Oscar®-Nominated filmmaker Tia Lessin IN… Continue reading

DNC Half-Measures Condemning Dark Money Won’t Cut It, Says Sanders as He Demands Total Ban

US Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at Brooklyn College, his alma mater, in New York City on September 6, 2025.  (Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images) “Billionaire-funded super PACs—AIPAC, AI, crypto, and others—are spending hundreds of millions to defeat any candidate who crosses them. They should be banned from Democratic… Continue reading

Supporters flee Swalwell’s governor campaign amid allegations of sexual assault

BY JEANNE KUANG AND YUE STELLA YU APRIL 10, 2026 (CalMatters.org) Republish IN SUMMARY Fellow Democratic candidates are calling on Swalwell to drop out of the race for governor as major organizations are reviewing their endorsements of him following a report in the San Francisco Chronicle alleging he assaulted a former staffer. Swalwell… Continue reading

After years of delays, major affordable housing project finally breaks ground in the Mission

After years of delays, major affordable housing project finally breaks ground in the Mission

By Laura Waxmann, Staff Writer April 9, 2026 (SFChronicle.com) Gift Article A rendering of the nine-story building that is under construction as part of the Marvel in the Mission project in San Francisco.MEDA As commuters stream through the 16th Street Mission BART Station, a familiar corner has given way to change: A… Continue reading

Inside ICE detention centers, medical misdiagnoses and delays prove deadly

By St. John Barned-Smith and Ko Lyn Cheang | April 9, 2026 (SFChronicle.com)  Gift this article Ismael Ayala-Uribe was in agony. The pain started soon after immigration agents seized the bespectacled 39-year-old man, who had lived in the United States since he was 5, at the Orange County car wash where he worked last August…. Continue reading