Happy Birthday Nelson Mandela
Since his retirement in 1999, one of Mandela's primary commitments has been the fight against AIDS. His son, Makgatho Mandela, died of AIDS on January 6, 2005. AIDS continues to…
Randy Shaw: A Flip-Flopping Hypocrite?
The Guardian was founded in 1966. In 1976, publisher Bruce Brugmann crushed a union organizing effort by the International Typesetters Union and the Newspaper Guild. It took an 8-month strike…
Board to Vote Today
on Wiener Ballot Measure Reform Proposal
“San Francisco's ballot measure system, like California’s as a whole, is broken,” said Supervisor Scott Wiener, the measure's sponsor. “Currently, we have too many ballot measures. And, once the voters…
Cunnie Enters Race for Sheriff
With California Attorney General Kamala Harris and Supervisor Scott Weiner by his side, Cunnie said he is running for sheriff because he “feels he is the best candidate right now…
From Eugenics to the Holocaust
to the Maltreatment of US Undesirables
Today we see vestiges of eugenics-thinking in post-WWII America in the treatment of African-Americans, Jews, homosexuals, undocumented immigrants and Muslims - as well as traces of racism in the criticism…
Civic Center Residence Celebrates Grand Re-Opening
The Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation’s (TNDC) upgrade to the Civic Center Residence, located at 44 McAllister, included the construction of additional units of low-income housing, a seismic retrofit, plumbing and…
Herrera Moves to Sue CPUC, Feds Over San Bruno Tragedy
"In the aftermath of the San Bruno tragedy, it has become increasingly obvious that blame must be shared by regulators who were either asleep at the switch or too cozy…