Haaland to Introduce DCCC Resolution Opposing Sit/Lie
Whereas in the 70s, the City passed a law which banned sitting or lying down on city sidewalks in response to a call to remove hippies who were sitting on…
Minding Muni, Part IV
If you’ve gotten on a 38L recently and noticed newspapers strewn about, banana peels here and there and graffiti all over the floor from front to back – as I…
Rwanda Genocide: A Simplified Account
The Belgiums favored the Tutsis, giving them the important positions. Predictably, this caused much resentment among the Hutus and the seeds of hate were sown.
Rwanda Genocide: Honoring the Dead Without Honoring the Lies
On April 7 the United Nations began its annual commemoration of the anniversary of what we know as the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, in which as many as a million Rwandans…
“Climategate” Researchers Largely Cleared
The House of Commons' Science and Technology Committee said Wednesday that they'd seen no evidence to support charges that the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit or its director,…
Saturday Voting Initiative
Intended to Increase Voter Participation
In the previous ten elections San Francisco has averaged between 42 and 47 percent turnout, said Ground Floor Public Affairs political consultant Alex Tourk during a signature gathering kickoff campaign…
Capitalism’s Self-inflicted Apocalypse
In the United States we hear that capitalism is wedded to democracy, hence the phrase, “capitalist democracies.” In fact, throughout our history there has been a largely antagonistic relationship between…