Politics
This was supposed to be the summer that the San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration Committee emerged from its prolonged funk. Supporters say that the group has turned the corner on the worst of its financial...More»
As President of the Board of Supervisors, David Chiu has carved out a reputation as a cautious, compromise-minded politician. So he must have felt like a fish out of water during his eight-day tour of one of the world's most...More»
Since the Boston Marathon bombings, cities around the country have been struggling to beef up security at major public events. San Francisco Chief of Police Greg Suhr floated one possibility on April 22nd, suggesting that, "We...More»
NBA veteran and former Stanford baller Jason Collins charged out of the closet today as the first openly gay athlete in male pro team sports—news he revealed in a first-person tell-all piece in...More»
Dating back to his time on the Board of Supervisors, State Assemblymember Tom Ammiano has been a strong advocate against what he sees as the criminalization of...More»
Getting an audience with a City Hall politician usually involves a frustrating choreography. You show up at her office, only to find a front-desk staffer who pretends that she’s never heard of you. Then there’s a phone...More»
Online aggregation can tap into the wisdom of the crowd or lead to a digital lynch mob—and the double-edged nature of the technology was on full display last week in responses to the terrorist attacks at the Boston Marathon....More»
David Graeber, a lead organizer of Occupy Wall Street and author of Debt: The First 5000 Years, has written a new book,...More»
For years, California had the toughest gun control laws in the nation. But last January, in the wake of 2012’s horrific mass shootings, New York governor Andrew Cuomo pushed through legislation that many...More»
After this week's landmark Supreme Court hearings on the constitutionality of Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act, we asked two of the region's most distinguished legal scholars to weigh in with their opinions. We spoke...More»
Bar-crawlers from the rest of the country—and the world—have to plan their nights a little differently when in San Francisco. That's because the state of California, in contrast to many other states, requires bars to...More»
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