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Rent-A-Minority: Your Answer to Last Minute Diversity in the Workplace
Workplace too white? Got a diversity trainer coming in this week and your office lacks ethnic diversity? Don’t worry, the new website Rent-A-Minority has got your back. “Rent-A-Minority is a revolutionary new service designed for those oh-shit moments where you’ve realized your award show, corporate brochure, conference panel is entirely composed
How to Cope with Being Cold and Alone on Valentine’s Day
It’s almost hell on earth Valentine’s Day. I’ve been made aware of this almost every day since mid-January by my mecca, Walgreens. I typically escape my cube thrice a week and venture to Walgreens on Powell to snag up a back of Haribo Gold Bears and something random I don’t need, like
What Europeans say about U.S. Presidential Candidates
Being in the public eye, especially as a politician, every single thing you do gets scrutinized. Imagine your high school days, but on social crack. From social media, to the things you say, the things you tweet, those embarrassing moments, it’s all judged. I once had a writing tutor tell
Low-Income Tenants Stopped Their Eviction and Kept Their Rent-Controlled Homes
Finally there’s some good news for a change. San Francisco Community Land Trust & Mission Economic Development Agency successfully negotiated the sale of five buildings, actively under Ellis Act Eviction, spread across the Mission, SoMa, Duboce Triangle and the Western Addition. Thirteen lower income households comprised of artists, seniors, Latino families,
Wise Sons’ Bagels One Day Preview Sounds Delicious
The masterminds behind the Mission district Wise Sons Jewish Delicatessen no longer want to outsource their bagels from Oakland’s Beauty’s Bagel Shop. I mean shit, they’re Jewish…make your own damn bagels, am I right?
Doc’s Clock is Closing
Goddamn it! Yet another fantastic San Francisco dive bar is heading to the chopping block. I just ran into Carey, Doc’s Clock’s proprietor and she confirmed that when the bar’s lease is up in a year and a half, the new building owner won’t be renewing it. The building that houses
This Week’s Events | San Francisco + New York
Rad Upcoming SF Events STRAIGHT OUTTA HUNTERS POINT THU. 2/11 | 7:00PM @ ROXIE THEATER Local filmmaker Kevin Epps gives us a portrait of what he knows best, the neighborhood in San Francisco where he grew up, Hunters Point. A complex depiction, Straight Outta Hunters Point covers the turf wars