Tears and Smiles – Mothers Day at the SF County Jail
May 17, 2013 | No Comments
At the women’s county jail on Mother’s Day, San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi announced the department’s doula program for pregnant inmates, a humanitarian program which aims to improve family-based services for inmates, formerly incarcerated men and women, and their families.
Marketing 101 for Activists
May 16, 2013 | 3 Comments
If you have ever been to Bourbon Street in New Orleans, there is one thing that you would have noticed for sure. No, I am not talking about the babes and the beads. I am referring to a bunch of guys holding signs like “Repent” and “Trust Jesus, He Hates Sin.” Millions of drunk guys and gals have walked by these sincere advocates, but how many people do you think instantly dropped their shots and accepted Jesus into their hearts?
Climate Change Ushers In Early California Fire Season
May 13, 2013 | 4 Comments
California’s wildfire season began early this year as nearly a dozen fires fueled by record high temperatures and extremely low water levels broke out across the state during the first week of May.
Groups Allege California Prison Policies Amount to State-Sanctioned Torture
May 02, 2013 | 1 Comment
Earlier this month during Oakland’s monthly First Fridays/Art Murmur event, a candlelit vigil was held by a couple dozen protesters – many wearing T-shirts with the message “Stop Torture CA” – to bring attention to California state prison solitary confinement policies which they say amounts to state-sanctioned torture.
Syria and Chemical Weapons of Mass Destruction
May 01, 2013 | 1 Comment
Evidence of alleged sarin gas use has supposedly come from human tissue samples. A few dozen Syrians are said to have been killed. If true, did Assad forces or the opposition forces use these chemical weapons and why was only a small amount of sarin used?
‘Dead Man Walking’ Author to Speak in SF
April 29, 2013 | No Comments
Author and anti-death penalty activist Sister Helen Prejean, whose bond with a condemned man inspired the Oscar winning film Dead Man Walking, will speak in San Francisco May 9 in a free, community event presented by the San Francisco Public Defender’s office.
Budget Crisis: Funding Cuts, Civil Service Rules
to Blame for Rec Center Program Terminations
March 12, 2009 | 6 Comments
By Luke Thomas and Fanny Dassie March 12, 2009 Many of San Francisco’s early childhood development programs will be terminated in May due to funding cuts and strict civil service rules, confirmed Recreation and Park…
David Korten: “Agenda for a New Economy:
From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth”
March 11, 2009 | No Comments
By Steven Chapman “Korten argues that we must abandon our current narratives of Empire and domination, and embrace new narratives which would situate humanity in its proper ecological context, and allow for the co-evolution of…
Medicine for Melancholy
March 10, 2009 | No Comments
By Luke Thomas March 10, 2009 Armed with a $4,000 camera, a four-person crew, and a production budget that might pay for a new Nissan Sentra, writer/director Barry Jenkins demonstrates in his new movie, Medicine…
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Stay Tuned: You Might be a Progressive
March 10, 2009 | 32 Comments
Hope Johnson Photos by Luke Thomas By Hope Johnson March 10, 2009 You Might be a Progressive You might be a progressive if Walter Paulson sings at public comment for you, but think again when…
Happy International Women’s Day
March 08, 2009 | 2 Comments
By Cindy Sheehan March 8, 2009 International Women’s Day (IWD) is marked on March 8 every year. It is a major day of global celebration for the economic, political and social achievements of women. My…
Iraq and the Problem of Peak Oil
March 06, 2009 | 1 Comment
By F. William Engdahl, Center for Global Research Editor’s Note: Though this article was first published August 6, 2004, its relevance today is equally, if not more, important to understanding US Middle East policy. The…
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United States and Cuba after Fidel
March 04, 2009 | 1 Comment
Brothers Raúl and Fidel Castro By Ralph E. Stone March 4, 2009 Raúl Casto recently reshuffled Cuba’s government, replacing or moving twelve cabinet members a year after assuming the presidency from his brother Fidel. Supposedly,…
Rare Photo of Supertramp Financier Surfaces
March 04, 2009 | 4 Comments
A rare photo of Supertramp financier Stanley August Miesegaes at his home in Grand Lancy, Geneva, with his half-sister Anna Thomas-Faber, circa October 1985. Photo by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas March 4, 2009 Supertramp…
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City Budget Shock
March 03, 2009 | 8 Comments
Julian Davis By Julian Davis, special to Fog City Journal March 3, 2009 Hats off to the organizers of Monday’s City Budget Town Hall. Hopefully this gathering will help spark a more adequate response to…
Stay Tuned: Honey Hauler’s Parisian Soiree
March 03, 2009 | 1 Comment
Hope Johnson Photos by Luke Thomas By Hope Johnson March 3, 2009 Matier & Ross ventured out of the Chron’s comfort zone Sunday, questioning Willie Brown’s Do as I Say, Not as I Do birthday…
No Better Time to End Cannabis Prohibition
March 02, 2009 | 6 Comments
Commentary by Patrick Goggin March 2, 2009 After staring down the barrel at California’s $43 billion budget deficit for the past several months, rookie San Francisco Assemblyman Tom Ammiano last week introduced legislation to legalize…
Former Ethics Commissioners Articulate Basis
for Lobbyist Reform
March 02, 2009 | No Comments
“If the citizens are to know who is paying to influence City Hall, how much they are paying, who they seek to influence, and what exactly they seek to influence, it is the Ethics Commission…
Systemic Failure: Capitalism “Lays An Egg”
March 02, 2009 | 7 Comments
Photo by Margaret Bourke-White By Stephen Lendman March 2, 2009 After the 1929 October 24, 28 and 29 market crash, the weekly entertainment industry magazine Variety (on October 30) published its most famous ever headline:…
Mayor Newsom, Bay to Breakers
Announce Revised Policies for 2009 Race
February 27, 2009 | 1 Comment
By Luke Thomas February 27, 2009 ING Bay to Breakers and Mayor Gavin Newsom released a statement today outlining revised policies for this year’s race. The new policy requires all wheeled objects and floats to…
Daly Open to Discuss Alternative Fisher Museum Locations
February 27, 2009 | 4 Comments
By Luke Thomas February 27, 2009 District 6 Supervisor Chris Daly said today he is open to considering a location in his district for the development of Gap Founder Don Fisher’s contemporary art museum (CAMP).…
Historical Association Reacts to Presidio Trust Actions
February 27, 2009 | 1 Comment
From the Presidio Historical Association and Save The Presidio February 27, 2009 The Presidio Trust Historical Association, a nonprofit group that has spearheaded the effort to keep a large, contemporary art museum, hotel and theater…
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Lawyers Seek Mediation and Settlement
in Dhaliwal vs. San Francisco Zoological Society Case
February 27, 2009 | No Comments
By Fanny Dassie February 27, 2009 U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup said yesterday the trial in the case of Dhaliwal vs. San Francisco Zoological Society would begin January 11, 2010 unless lawyers are able…
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