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Business Improvement Districts Take Over Cities: One-Dollar/One-Vote
By Jess ClarkeImagine a government where voting power is directly proportionate to the value of the property one owns; where a majority ownership stake gives one the right to appoint leaders; where...
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“School Reform” and Land Grabs Threaten SF’s Community College
Who Wants to Kill City College?By Marcy ReinThe door to Edgar Torres’s office stands open on the first day of the 2016 spring semester, as it has on the first day of every semester for 14 years. “I do...
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The Moving Art House
By Christine Joy FerrerBlanca Gotchez Melara remembers it well. The potent fragrance of basil, black melons and geraniums adorning Nativity dioramas in her hometown of Santa Ana, El Salvador.The...
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Time Runs Short to Stop SF Public Land Giveaway
Community college and low-income residents face big loss of public resource By Marcy Rein and Christine HansonOn weekdays the windswept lot next to the main campus of City College of San Francisco...
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Her Arkipelago
By Christine Joy FerrerInterview with Marie Romero, founder and owner of Arkipelago Books, the only Filipino Bookstore in San Francisco, with a foreword by Beatriz Datangel, her daughter.Arkipelago...
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Resist!
Resist! We Are the Ones We’ve Been Waiting ForCommentary by Dawn PhillipsThe Trump victory is devastating. Devastating for communities of color, immigrants, women, Muslims and queer communities....
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Renter Nation Rises
Housing Justice Groups Align as National Movement GrowsBy Jess ClarkeSlide show of dozens of cities in action. <Use arrows to advance to next image.>Renters across the US are rising up against...
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Good Cop / Bad City: Oakland Police on Screen in “The Force”
By Robin Balliger“The Force” is a recently released documentary film that provides an intimate view of Oakland Police Officers in a department attempting progressive reforms. Director Peter Nicks aims...
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Resist, Restore, Rejuvenate (Introduction)
By Jess ClarkeWith a planet and a political system ever more out of balance, communities in resistance are called ever more urgently to the critical work of restoration. In this volume, organizers for...
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EVENT: Free City College
Panelists:Co-authors of Free City! The Fight for San Francisco's City College and Education for AllMarcy Rein, Mickey Ellinger, and Vicki LegionEK, member of the CCSF CollectiveBeatriz Herrera, AFT...
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