“Maitri saved my life twice. And both times they helped me get healthy and return home to my family.” Erma first arrived at Maitri in 2006, very sick with…
Maitri Provides 24-Hour Compassionate Care to Low Income Individuals with Advanced AIDS Maitri is the only AIDS-specific residential care facility in California focusing on the underserved community of those dying…
Compiled by Dennis McMillan San Francisco DA Launches Hotline Amid Post-Election Hate Crimes Following the election of Donald Trump, there has been an uptick in hate crimes in the Bay Area…
By Ann Rostow Oh, Man I always have to read my previous column before I start a new one, mainly in order to avoid repetition. And thus I was obliged…
Just five months ago we joined thousands of other people at the corner of Castro and Market to come together in the face of the massacre of 49 members of…
When we hear about Ellis Island, we immediately think about an island by New York City that was the stop-gap for immigrants coming from Europe. Yet many in California aren’t…
Imagine a bank that invests in the local economy and is mandated to serve the public interest. In Oakland, we have begun the process to establish a public bank that…
By Debra Walker I did my best, it wasn’t much I couldn’t feel, so I tried to touch I told the truth, I didn’t come to fool you And even…
We humans are, by and large, a wary, anxious and suspicious species. Evolutionary pressures made that inevitable. Our ancestors who underestimated the threats from predators and other humans didn’t survive…
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