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The roots of neoliberal fascism in America, and what we can do about it

By Paul Boden on May 7, 2025
Commentary   Opinion
'The shift to profit over people is killing us all.'

A place worth fighting for

By Osha Neumann on April 3, 2025
Commentary   Features   Opinion
The Albany landfill and the struggle to preserve the last bit of wildness on the San Francisco Bay. By Osha Neumann

Open letter from a former Bulb resident to visitors

By Bulb Resident on April 3, 2025
Commentary   Opinion
'We lived around, and with, and in the rubble. Lived.'

Loving the Bulb

By Susan Moffat on April 3, 2025
Commentary   Opinion
'Spending time with the Landfillians changed me.'

This newspaper is a community

By Terry Messman on March 4, 2025
Commentary   Opinion
‘Blessed are the acts of mercy, solidarity, and resistance’

Oakland has an accountability problem, and its unhoused residents fall through the cracks

By Emma Welty on February 4, 2025
Commentary   Opinion
'The city’s approach to encampment sweeps in the post-Grants Pass era is one of self-contradiction and dishonesty...'

Encampment sweeps are increasing across the state: A ‘know your rights’ guide for unhoused residents

By Ellie Prickett-Morgan on January 6, 2025
Commentary   Opinion
Now more than ever, knowing your rights as an unhoused person is imperative to your safety.

Beyond Trump: The truly scary side of California’s elections

By Freeway on January 6, 2025
Commentary   Opinion
Californians in the crosshairs of class war will continue to pay for their mere existence.

Insurrection City: the radical beginnings of Ohlone Park

By Matt Ray and Matthew Wranovics on December 3, 2024
Commentary   Features
Ohlone Park was born as a sortie in a war over whether public space would be controlled democratically or according to the whims of property owners.

Tents and bars: the cycle between homelessness and incarceration

By Beth Divakaran and Anna Steiner on December 3, 2024
Commentary
We cannot police our way out of a housing crisis or sweep the needs of our neighbors away.

Homeless helping homeless: The 3rd annual Wood Street solidarity bike ride

By Freeway on November 7, 2024
Commentary
"If we can ride our bikes all the way to Sacramento, if we can organize meetings with lawmakers...we can do anything."

Rent strike syndrome: Ping Yuen tenants fight back

By Matt Ray and Matthew Wranovics on November 7, 2024
Commentary   Features
Left in the Bay details the conditions leading to the longest rent strike in San Francisco history.
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