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Trump’s “Crackdown On Crime” in DC is Backwards and Racist
President Donald Trump announced a federal takeover of Washington D.C.’s Metro Police Department and the deployment of the National Guard to the capital in response to an assault on a former government operative, while crime rates in the cities he condemned have actually decreased.

Meet Ian The Meow, The Cat That Reminds San Francisco to “Be Nice.”
Ian The Meow is a cute cat who regularly walks around San Francisco, reminding passersby to “be nice” and is also a street artist and mental health advocate dedicated to spreading kindness through their work.

What Luigi Mangione Can Teach The Democratic Party
America is a made for television movie that the world is forced to watch. Things that most countries take for granted, such as healthcare, not only have a tendency to be nonsensical here, but the solutions to fix the flaws must be as dramatic as the systems themselves are absurd.

San Francisco Amazon Warehouse Workers Unite, Join Teamsters
More than a hundred Amazon employees at San Francisco warehouse #DCK6 formed a Union this morning, represented by the Teamsters. Underpaid warehouse workers fed up with unsafe conditions demanded that Amazon recognize the coalition in a “March on the Boss” early today. The worker-led initiative echoes many similar movements happening

Why Are We Still Talking About 9/11?
How you discuss 9/11 hinges on where and how old you were. It outlines who you were before. The younger you were, the less of a secret it is that this was a long time coming. I am part of the last generation to have a definitive pre-9/11 childhood. We

8 Complaints About Being Gay in San Francisco
It’s a sin when success complains. That’s how I feel as a gay man who moved to San Francisco from what Californians affectionately call “flyover country.” It’s pretty damn great, living here. So what if everything closes at 2am (#4) and there aren’t any bathhouses to go to (#5). Compared

Why San Francisco Needs a Gay Bathhouse
I made a new friend recently. He just moved here from New York. Having tried to visit the Eagle but finding it closed, he texted me one evening. “Does SF close down at like, 11pm? I’m used to NYC where we don’t even start going out until then.” Oh honey.

Mayor London Breed to Bring Back the Barbary Coast?
Mayor Breed’s newest revitalization scheme involves bringing an entertainment district á la New Orleans’ Bourbon Street to the Financial District. Another gambit to jumpstart downtown San Francisco, at least this idea doesn’t yearn for the dead-and-gone. Even Breed knows office culture is never coming back. Her plan shifts focus from