politics

Why Scott Wiener’s Proposed Bridge Toll Increase Would Hurt The Poor And San Francisco
Scott Wiener is attacked a lot, and most of it is unfair. There is no evidence that he is a groomer or a pedophile or any of the other nasty things right wing media has said about him. A lot of the attacks on Wiener are rooted in homophobia and

Why San Francisco ‘Doomfluencers’ Suck
It was Winston Churchill who once said “never let a good crisis go to waste,” and apparently a ton of narcissists within commuting distance of San Francisco took Winston’s advice to heart. I want to make something abundantly clear: San Francisco has always struggled with high rates of income inequality,

Meet The Patriotic Millionaires: The Rich People Who Want To Be Taxed More
The movement to tax the rich has gotten a surprising new ally: the rich. Well, not all rich people, but a growing number of multimillionaires and billionaires are arguing that taxing them is actually good for society. Who would have thought? The group is called the Patriotic Millionaires and was

A Victory for Artist Live-Work Housing in Oakland
Editor’s update: In the below story, there was uncertainty regarding the final vote of Oakland City Council on updating an ordinance adding in live-work to where it’s prohibited to conduct any Cannabis Cultivation. We can now confirm that on July 18th, the mentioned ordinance did pass successfully. —————————- This week,

Why You Need to Shut Up And Watch One Piece
The organizational landscape in the Bay Area can get a person down. There are enormous issues to overcome: The state is mandating our city to build 82,000 new units, our city government stands behind ineffective officials rather than local transit, and small-minded techies flame local writers as they opine about
America Doesn’t Have A Left Wing…Why not?
Written By Habibi Bridges One of the biggest myths in existence is that there is an American Left. You’ll hear people on Fox news claim that the Biden and Harris administration is leftist. Rich Lowry, current editor in chief of National Review, wrote an opinion piece titled “Biden is the

How Hillary Clinton Helped Fuel The Alt-Right
American politics are complex. One of the main contributors to this complexity is due to the fact that if an individual wants to be successful in American politics, they have to align themselves with one of the two mainstream or “electable” parties – the Democratic Party and the Republican Party.

Why We Shouldn’t Advocate For War With Russia (or China)
The only type of news we get is bad news these days. 2020 felt like the beginning of a doomsday film that unfortunately turned into a franchise and no matter how badly we don’t want to watch the movies, we’re forced to. It’s like we all live in The Fast