Activism

26 Sep 2017

America is Racist, and Trump’s Reactions Prove It

Why is that when a black person criticizes America, they are called “ungrateful”, “unpatriotic”, & “spoiled”? But when an orange person criticizes America, they are “telling it, like it is”, they are “standing up for what is right”. they are “speaking truth to power”. Why is that when Nazis and

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14 Sep 2017

Life After Hate: A Reformed White Nationalist’s Message About Mental Health and Education

GUEST POST BY: KATE HARVESTON We like to think we’re living in a post-racial society, until events like the recent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville hit the news. It reminds us how much hate is still in the world. There are so many stories in the news about the negativity that

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14 Sep 2017

New Oakland Murals Celebrate California’s Extinct Icon, The Grizzly Bear

By Steven T. Jones Grizzly bears went extinct in California in 1924, although the majestic grizzly still graces the state flag and seal. Now, California grizzlies are being painted into a series of murals in Oakland as part of a national campaign to save endangered species and reintroduce them to

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14 Sep 2017

Ask a Tenant Attorney: What Tenants Need to Know When their Landlord is Selling their Building – PART 2

Ask a Tenant Attorney is your chance to learn how to survive as a tenant in San Francisco. Each month Tenant’s Rights Attorney Daniel Wayne addresses a different issue for residential tenants. This month: A continuation of last month’s post on Common Questions When Your Landlord Is Selling Your Building. For more information about Daniel

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08 Sep 2017

1967 was the Summer of Love. Is 2017 the Summer of Hate?

A lot can happen in 50 years. Babies are born. Generations die. People get married, then divorced. Empires fall and revolutions rise — and in the thick fog of San Francisco 50 years feels like 50 million as the flower children of yesterday celebrate the anniversary of the greatest summer of their lives.

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05 Sep 2017

Emergency DACA Rally: Fight Deportations Together!

via Bay Area Resistance Trump just ended DACA. He just put the lives of 800,000 young immigrants at risk. These are our friends, family and neighbors who are losing their permit to work and stay, who are now at risk of deportation. But remember, DACA was won through the courageous

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05 Sep 2017

5 Worst Times Donald Trump Embarrassed New Yorkers

By Jonas Barnes In NYC, the people are known as hard asses that have no time for your bullshit. Whether it be someone asking for change, guys performing “Showtime” on a subway train or simply being behind someone that isn’t moving quite fast enough for their liking…we simply don’t have

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02 Sep 2017

What you can do to support homeless people during this weekend’s heat wave

Guest Post By:  The Staff of Street Sheet  Yesterday, San Francisco broke an all-time high in temperature records and hit 106 degrees. It was hot, really hot—and it still is. The heat wave continues on this weekend, with Saturday slated to reach up to 93 degrees and Sunday, 83 degrees.

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