Politics
Dune 2 Is The Movie The U.S. Deserves
When the United States carpet bombed Northern Cambodia, an area Henry Kissinger determined was wise to hit so as to destabilize shipping routs for Vietnamese militants, the country inadvertently gave birth to the Khmer Rouge. Historian Greg Grandin, as documented in The Good Die Young: The Verdict on Henry Kissinger, writes that
Initial Voting Results for SF Propositions
March 5, 2024 Preliminary Election Results via – sfelections.org Current number of ballots counted: 104,760 Voter registration total: 500,856 Current voter turnout: 20.92% Approximate number of ballots left to count: 111,000 Progressives will likely be ousted from control of the powerful Democratic Central County Committee and are losing badly on
California Won’t Have a Woman in the Senate for the 1st Time in more than 30 Years
By Amanda Becker Originally published by The 19th Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff has won first place in California’s nonpartisan primary for the U.S. Senate, followed by Republican Steve Garvey, setting up a general election matchup in the liberal state that strongly favors Schiff. Returns showed Democratic Reps. Katie Porter and
Meet The East Bay Operation Sending Literal Tons of Books Into Prisons
It’s as distressing a time on the planet as ever, a one-sided war blasting historic communities in Gaza to smithereens with United States tax dollars funding the whole thing. There are storms blowing the Bay Area sideways, more common and destructive thanks to climate change, and an ever-increasing wealth gap
The Silly and Serious Leap Year Protest in Berkeley
It’s a yeap year which can mean only one thing – a silly protest with an important message is coming to the streets of Berkeley on February 29th. Leap Day Action Night organized by The Slingshot Collective is not your traditional protest or even just a distraction keeping us from
Big Pro-Palestinian Protest Planned at Biden’s San Francisco Fundraiser
The whole world is watching in horror as Israel’s far right government prepares to send the Israeli military into Rafah. It is guaranteed to be another bloodbath of annihilation that will kill thousands of civilians. I don’t know how Netanyahu and his ghouls think destroying Gaza won’t also kill the
What San Francisco’s Mayor Got Wrong About The Burnt Waymo Car
The wonders of the modern world, no matter the wonder or the era in question, have often come at a steep cost. Take the bicycle, cemented in the world economy when Scottish inventor John Dunlop zhuzhed up his son’s two-wheeler with a bit of tread; The rubber brought to Europe
The Power of Community vs Crime in Oakland
It was 7 years ago that I wrote my first article for Broke-Ass Stuart around my transition from SF to Oakland. And I thought at first I’d write a long list of the differences I’ve noticed between the two iconic Bay Area cities. The primary distinction between residing in Oakland