Finance

SF Bay Area

+19

NPR and PBS Reframe the Conversation as Trump Cuts Funding

May 8, 2025

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3 min read

NPR and PBS Reframe the Conversation as Trump Cuts Funding

Bank of America

+16

Donald Trump Wants to Tax Your Credit Union

Mar 17, 2025

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4 min read

Donald Trump Wants to Tax Your Credit Union

Oakland

+23

Monkeybrains: The Bay Area’s Anti-Corporate, Anti-Monopoly Internet Service

Jan 23, 2024

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5 min read

Monkeybrains: The Bay Area’s Anti-Corporate, Anti-Monopoly Internet Service

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap

Politics

+9

Why This Wealthy Techie’s $2 Million Donation Is Super Rad

Mar 26, 2023

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4 min read

Why This Wealthy Techie’s $2 Million Donation Is Super Rad

Paolo Bicchieri

opioid crisis

+17

Twitter CEO Elon Musk Reportedly Forcing Workers to Sleep On-Site

Dec 7, 2022

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5 min read

Twitter CEO Elon Musk Reportedly Forcing Workers to Sleep On-Site

Dot com

+39

The Second Dot-com Bubble Is Bursting

Nov 9, 2022

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7 min read

The Second Dot-com Bubble Is Bursting

so many trees

+26

Why I left Portland and Returned to San Francisco

Oct 5, 2022

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6 min read

Why I left Portland and Returned to San Francisco

interest rates

+22

The Federal Reserve Wants To Lower Your Wages

Jun 7, 2022

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8 min read

The Federal Reserve Wants To Lower Your Wages

Politics

+10

Administrative Errors Help 40,000 Get Out of Their Student Loans Entirely

Apr 20, 2022

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4 min read

Administrative Errors Help 40,000 Get Out of Their Student Loans Entirely

i love my tote bags dearly

+6

Here’s How To Snag This Adorable Pigeon Tote Bag

Jan 10, 2022

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4 min read

Here’s How To Snag This Adorable Pigeon Tote Bag

SF Bay Area

+11

Silicon Valley’s Scapegoat: Theranos Fraudster Elizabeth Holmes Faces Guilty Verdict

Jan 5, 2022

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5 min read

Silicon Valley’s Scapegoat: Theranos Fraudster Elizabeth Holmes Faces Guilty Verdict

Lydia Sviatoslavsky

shelter-in-place

+26

Why You Can’t Be Evicted During COVID & What To Do If You Can’t Pay Rent

Apr 15, 2020

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9 min read

Why You Can’t Be Evicted During COVID & What To Do If You Can’t Pay Rent

Alex Mak - Managing Editor

help sf restaurants

+22

How to Buy Your Favorite Bar a Drink, During the Crisis

Apr 2, 2020

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11 min read

How to Buy Your Favorite Bar a Drink, During the Crisis

Alex Mak - Managing Editor

DIY Venues Under Attack

+9

Manchester as a Case Study in Gentrification-Weaponized Art

Feb 24, 2020

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7 min read

Manchester as a Case Study in Gentrification-Weaponized Art

Finance

+7

The Real-Life Diamond Industry is a Corrupt Sham Too

Jan 19, 2020

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7 min read

The Real-Life Diamond Industry is a Corrupt Sham Too

SMBX

+8

Oakland Beer Bar Selling Micro Loans to the Community

Jan 14, 2020

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5 min read

Oakland Beer Bar Selling Micro Loans to the Community

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap

Landlord

+9

How to Deal With Your A**hole Landlord

Jan 13, 2020

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5 min read

How to Deal With Your A**hole Landlord

degree

+8

Do You Need A College Degree Anymore?

Jan 10, 2020

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6 min read

Do You Need A College Degree Anymore?

New York

+14

What It’s Like Being A Server in San Francisco

Dec 23, 2019

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10 min read

What It’s Like Being A Server in San Francisco

Holidays

+9

It’s Giving Tuesday. Tell Capitalism to Fuck Off.

Dec 3, 2019

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6 min read

It’s Giving Tuesday. Tell Capitalism to Fuck Off.

Peter-Astrid Kane

Sex and Dating

+7

5 Fun Date Ideas to Distract You From Your Crippling Student Debt

Nov 7, 2019

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5 min read

5 Fun Date Ideas to Distract You From Your Crippling Student Debt

rent

+6

Nearly Half of American Renters Are Cost-Burdened by Rent

Nov 4, 2019

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3 min read

Nearly Half of American Renters Are Cost-Burdened by Rent

Politics

+9

Loopholes The Rich Use to Avoid Paying Their Share

Oct 28, 2019

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5 min read

Loopholes The Rich Use to Avoid Paying Their Share

basic needs

+12

It Costs More to Be Poor, and Businesses Are Totally Cool with That

Oct 23, 2019

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5 min read

It Costs More to Be Poor, and Businesses Are Totally Cool with That

Nik Wojcik - East Bay Editor

Finance

+8

America’s Re-Branding of an Addiction to Work

Oct 22, 2019

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5 min read

America’s Re-Branding of an Addiction to Work