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Harriet Tubman $20 Bills Are Finally Coming, After Trump Trashed The Plan
Historic news today for those of us who want to see someone other than slave-owning white guys on American dollar bills. New White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced Monday morning that the US Treasury would restart plans to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. The Obama administration announced
Gavin Newsom Has Lifted The Statewide Stay-At-Home Orders
Those outdoor dining parklets could be rocking again, and sooner than you think. In a Monday morning announcement reported by CNN, Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Public Health announced they are rolling back the statewide stay-at-home orders. These are the more severe orders that Newsom put into
The Songs That Helped Us Get Through 2020
One year ago we assembled a group of our most plugged-in friends from in and around the music industry to compose a 2020-minute playlist documenting the past decade. This year we’ve tasked a smaller team with a much smaller task. 100 songs from the most extraordinary year of our lives.
San Francisco May Have a New Office of ‘Drag Laureate’
Well this is absolutely delightful! San Francisco is considering creating the office of Drag Laureate. Yesterday on SF Gate, Peter-Astrid Kane (also a contributor to this website) wrote that the “Bay Area Reporter noted the idea was one of many in S.F.’s ‘LGBTQ+ Cultural Heritage Strategy,’ a 2018 report that was revised
How to Watch the Sundance Film Festival From Home
Before the Coronavirus changed everything, the only way a person could take in the full Sundance Film Festival experience was to travel to Park City (or a surrounding town), dress very warmly, and brave insanely long lines for a chance to score a screening ticket. The 2021 Sundance Film Festival,
The Bernie Sanders Mittens Shirt is Here
Yes indeed, the Bernie Sanders Mittens Shirt is here! By now I’m sure you saw all the incredible memes of Bernie Sanders sitting in different places. In fact we collected the best of them and put them all right here. Well now you can have Bernie sitting with you everywhere you
WHAT YOUR BART STATION SAYS ABOUT YOU (EAST BAY 925 EDITION)
The Bay Area is a big place with a lot of cities, and every city in the Bay can be a little different. But one thing that is synonymous with the Bay Area experience, is BART. The Bay Area Rapid Transit, with its loud trains, lateness, general sketchiness and
10 Dirtiest ‘Muppet Show’ Scenes That Disney+ Will Probably Censor
Everyone went gonzo over this week’s news that the Disney+ streaming service would be getting the entire “Muppet Show” library. That’s great, but those of us of a certain age remember that some of these “Muppet Show” scenes were pretty racy, and the Disney censors are probably going to scrub