Open letter by Rupa Marya, MD of the Do No Harm Coalition Dear Colin Kaepernick, I am writing to you to express deep respect, as a person born and raised in the Bay Area and a physician on faculty at UCSF who has been caring for the people of SF since

AJ+ has just released a new comedy sketch that perfectly sums up the problem of “white fragility” AKA white people being more offended by talk of racism than they are about actual racism. Created by bay area local comedians Kate Elston, Francesca Fiorentini, and Matt Lieb, the sketch is a

  They have been the primary advocates for women and other minority rights. They have been the primary supporter of labor and workplace safety and justice. They are more for peace than war. They are concerned about long term destruction of the environment. They sometimes appear to be elitist and

WANNA STAY UP ON ALL THE FREE SHIRTS WE GIVE OUT? MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW ON INSTAGRAM! It’s been a hard year so far. David Bowie, Phife, Lemmy, Prince, Muhammad Ali, and now Gene Wilder. It’s like half the people I loved (but never new) growing up are have died this

It’s hard for me to write this because I’m still pretty embarrassed and ashamed of “the incident.”I cruised up to Pop’s, my favorite dive bar, flushed with the glow of a good first date and the warm buzz of a few Dolores Park drunk beers. In short I was awesomeness, and

This op-ed is written by Jennifer Friedenbach, Executive Director of the Coalition on Homelessness A version of this originally ran in the SF Examiner Thursday August 18 A young African American man I talked to recently shared how he is living in an encampment near the now cleared Division Street.

Besides the fact that I really love boobs, I support International Go Topless Day because it’s absurd that men can go topless whenever they want but women can’t. This is a protest against gender inequality and one in favor of body positivity. Real talk: by definition, there is nothing more

  Burning Man is going on and you’re not going. But don’t trip! Turns out nightclubs are still having club nights, stores are open regular hours and tons of wack events are scheduled in the Bay Area from August 28 – September 5. The Broke-Ass Borg has your itinerary covered