politics

07 Nov 2016

2016 BROKE-ASS STUART VOTER GUIDE

November greetings, dear broke-asses. The November 8th General Election is tomorrow! Here are all the answers to the test!

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04 Nov 2016

Does the Homeless Vote Matter in San Francisco?

Guest Post by Lucy Kang A version of this story was originally broadcast on KALW’s Crosscurrents. Kat Callaway doesn’t waste words when I ask her if she’s planning to vote next week. Her answer? Hell yes. Kat’s enthusiasm is unsurprising. She has been the picture of political engagement since arriving

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12 Oct 2016

Tech Billionaire Ron Conway Getting “Every Tech Employer” to Send Workers His Voter Guide

Evil Tech Billionaire Ron Conway is once again trying to steal San Francisco. It’s like a comic book, except Bat Kid isn’t around to save us. Yesterday Joe Eskenazi tweeted this email from Ron Conway in which Conway tries to use his weight to get every tech employer to vote

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12 Oct 2016

The Recall Ed Lee Campaign Has Officially Begun

Editor’s note: The Department of Elections just finally released the Official Petition to Recall Ed Lee after 5 separate tries. The recall attempt is now beginning in earnest. They need to get 60,000 signatures in the next 160 days. San Francisco: the bright and shining beacon of hope, weirdness, and refuge for so

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11 Oct 2016

Direct Action to Protest the Most Recent Attack on SF Homeless People

We’ve covered how screwed up Prop Q is before and how it only exacerbates the homelessness epidemic. And we also covered it in our 2016 voter guide. If you’re as outraged by the both Props Q & R there’s an action going down on Thursday at Harvey Milk Plaza from

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29 Aug 2016

Prop Q Will Exacerbate San Francisco’s Homelessness Crisis

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.

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19 Aug 2016

Voting Locally is More Important than Voting for President

In less than three months, the election will be here. With all the focus on who will become the next president of the United States, we have a bigger focus on the local elections. While the presidents speak about policies and Black Lives Matter, they do not have the power to

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29 Jul 2016

How Riding My Bike Helped Me Hate Republicans Less

With the Presidential race hot and happening and Trump saying insane things on an almost a daily basis, it’s very easy to feel like a smug, slightly superior liberal. This feeling is compounded if you live in the Bay Area bubble surrounded by lots of people with mostly similar beliefs.

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