san francisco
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‘If I Had a Gun, I Would Shoot All of You’: San Francisco Man Charged With Hate Crime for Threatening Black Family Over BLM T-Shirts
Most days I wake up to the petty satisfaction of knowing how mad white people are right now. The Black Lives Matter movement is more mainstream and widely celebrated than it’s ever been. It’s so big now that even white people living in some cave near some Amish community with no internet access will likely…
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San Francisco Mayor London Breed Ordered to Provide Hotel Rooms for the City’s Homeless During Health Emergency
Since the coronavirus pandemic began, one issue has come up again and again: How do we best care for the nation’s homeless population? San Francisco lawmakers have taken a noble and aggressive approach to shelter the homeless in their city by ordering the mayor to lease thousands of hotel rooms to be used as safe…
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Housing as a Human Right: Movement Gains Steam in Los Angeles in Response to Pandemic
For years, a housing crisis in California has been coming to a head as skyrocketing rents have outpaced people’s wages. That crisis has led to a growing homeless population the state has struggled to assist. Now, with the coronavirus pandemic requiring Californians to “shelter-in-place,” homeless families find themselves running out of safe options. In response,…
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London Breed Plans to Use Her Historic Mayorship to Fight for Black San Francisco
London Breed is your homegirl’s favorite homegirl. The San Francisco native was raised by her grandmother in abject poverty. She lived in public housing, and her family of five survived on $900 a month and government-issued groceries. Even with the deck stacked against her, Breed managed to graduate high school with honors and went on…
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San Francisco to Remove Cash Bail Requirements
In the last few years, the topic of cash bail has come under renewed scrutiny. The practice inordinately affects the poor and communities of color. Luckily, the city of San Francisco has taken a huge step towards reform. CBS News reports that recently elected District Attorney Chesa Boudin will no longer require cash bail to…
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#EatingASandwichWhileBlack: Commuters Hold Protest After Cop Detains Black Man for 'Illegally Eating' at BART Station
Over the weekend, I heard rumblings of a black man being harassed by police over a sandwich and thought, “If he ate at Subway, it might be warranted.” But after doing a bit of research, it’s clearly the latest example of overzealous police doing entirely too damn much. As the story goes, Steve Foster of…
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Ben Carson Reportedly Speaks of ‘Big, Hairy Men’ Entering Women’s Bathrooms in Comments Called Transphobic
Ben Carson invoked tropes of “big, hairy men” invading women’s bathrooms in shelters and mourned a past when there were “just women and just men” in comments at least three staffers found to be transphobic. That’s according to the Washington Post, which reports that the three staffers requested anonymity fearing retaliation. An official with the…
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San Francisco Officials Accuse NRA of 'Inciting Gun Owners to Acts of Violence,' Label It a Domestic Terrorist Organization
Despite my best efforts, I have yet to succeed in having Sallie Mae recognized as a domestic terrorist organization. But apparently, the NRA, another institution worthy of that title, has been properly categorized as such by officials in San Francisco, Calif. From the Hill: San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors has passed a resolution declaring the…