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How We Can Save Local Businesses in the Bay During this Epidemic
A collective of small and medium sized business owners, along with performers, artists, service workers, journalists and event marketers have banded together and started a petition to ask local government to take action in order to save hundreds of local businesses during this pandemic. If we want our cities to
Tenant Info: The Government Response to Evictions During this Pandemic
Ask a Tenants Right’s Lawyer is your chance to learn how to survive as a renter in San Francisco. Attorney Daniel Wayne has a lot of the information you need to keep you in your home. Got a question? Send an email to alex@brokeassstuart.com and we will forward it on. As you are
Mayor Breed Orders San Francisco to Lockdown
The San Francisco Examiner just reported that, starting tonight (Tuesday 3/16) at midnight, San Francisco will be under lockdown. Joshua Sabatini and Michael Barba write that “The City will prohibit residents from leaving their homes except to meet basic needs including visiting the doctor, or buying groceries or medicine, until
How to Get (or Lose) Freelance Creative Work
by Laurie Riihimaki I am a full-time freelance writer and editor and in my work, I communicate with a lot of different kinds of people. As a managing editor, I work with writers, mainly. But, I also conduct interviews with celebrities, entrepreneurs, and other creatives. It’s actually a pretty cool
If Biden Wants to be President, He has to Stop Being a F***ing Narc
by Hannah Harkness Well, it’s finally happened. We’ve all reached a point in society where we are trapped in our homes due to a dystopian scenario being forced to smoke the whole pack of streaming services. The election talking points have now taken on a virus-y tone with the stakes
What’s the Line of Succession if COVID-19 Gets Trump and Pence?
by Jackson Curtin Recently, Trump and Pence were exposed to, and shook hands with, someone infected with COVID-19. Initially the two refused to take tests to see if they were in need to be quarantined. That response filled me with hope. What if they contracted the virus, and then died
The Government has Learned Nothing From Previous Pandemics
by Xan Holbrook As I’m writing this, I’m preparing to move abroad to start work. Or rather, I would be, if only for the fact that the country in question has just closed its borders, and I will be working remotely from here on. A sensible measure, given the emergence
