By Maria Luisa Tucker 5 hours ago (citylimits.org) “A group of radical activists took over a tiny park near Wall Street and did the seemingly impossible: They got thousands of disaffected, cynical, frustrated people—including me—to believe that a better world was possible.” I’ve spent the last year reporting on a… Continue reading
on Sep 16, 2026 (Schwartzreport) Laura Strickler, Justin Goldman and Julia Ainsley, Senior Homeland Security Correspondent. – NBC News Stephan: There is almost no media coverage of the cages in Trump’s concentration camps where non-White immigrants are held, or the concentration camps themselves, and it is playing no role in the… Continue reading
A decade after quarterback Colin Kaepernick protested racial injustice by sitting or kneeling during the national anthem before NFL games, he has written a memoir, “The Perilous Fight.” The nearly 300-page book, which was released Tuesday, revisits the saga from Kaepernick’s perspective. His protest spread across the league and became… Continue reading
by Kelly Waldron September 16, 2026 (MissionLocal.org) Vanquished San Francisco congressional candidate Saikat Chakrabarti has disbursed $400,000 to support several measures on the San Francisco November ballot, according to a new filing published on Wednesday. Chakrabarti made three contributions: $150,000 to support Proposition B, the public bank measure; $150,000 to… Continue reading
by Randy Shaw on September 14, 2026 (BeyondChron.org) YIMBY’s Should Support Affordable Housing Most San Franciscans support more affordable housing. So why are SF YIMBY and the San Francisco Democratic Party opposing Prop I, the Affordable Housing Guarantee Act? The Act will bring roughly $100 million for housing programs. The… Continue reading
Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on September 15, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) One critic said his comments made clear that “Patel’s leadership at the FBI has been plagued by inappropriate politicization, rampant mismanagement of funds and… Continue reading
The jacuzzi. The dog park. The polygraph machine. Single-family zoning. The term “Asian American.” Indigenous Peoples’ Day. And much, much more. by Zac Farber Sept. 15, 2026 (Berkeleyside.org) Berkeley is famous for being a hotbed of innovative ideas and the sort of way-out-there utopian schemes that, every once in a… Continue reading
Michael Luttig/ September 10, 2026 (newrepublic.com) THE COMING CRISIS Forget November 3. It’s January 3 when Donald Trump and his MAGA Republicans might bury our democracy once and for all. Here’s how. Illustration by Mark Harris; Getty (x6) Donald Trump instigated a war against America’s democracy on January 6, 2021…. Continue reading
