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SF activists level up the anti-ICE fight

The violence in Chicago and Portland is inspiring strategy among local protesters

October 8, 2025

The holy hypocrisy of Peter Thiel’s Armageddon

When the billionaire tech investor talks about the Antichrist, we should take him seriously, not biblically

October 6, 2025

‘Sometimes a homeless man has no choice’

A Market Street encounter with Daniel Lurie

September 30, 2025

Joel Engardio’s exit interview

Wrapping up his final weeks in office, the recalled District 4 supervisor is looking forward to the future and many more years of enjoying Sunset Dunes

September 26, 2025

One battle after another

A highway fight sparked Joel Engardio’s recall, but race and class conflicts sealed the deal

September 17, 2025

Didja hear the one about San Francisco being back?

How many times can Daniel Lurie tell us the city is back? Many, many, many

September 16, 2025

Liberals are already forgetting Charlie Kirk

As they rush to denounce political violence, eulogists like Gavin Newsom and Ezra Klein are erasing the provocateur's extremist legacy

September 11, 2025

Built for violence

ICE is running amok, attacking individuals with no clear cause or process. Consider it terrorism by design

August 22, 2025

Growing up on Alcatraz

As the president shouts about reopening the Rock, the author prefers to remember his father’s childhood on the Island

August 22, 2025

I reported from an ICE action on Sansome and all I got was a face full of pepper spray

Federal agents are stepping up their actions against protesters and, apparently, the press

August 20, 2025