After a trial closely watched both nationally and internationally, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on April 20 was found guilty of unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter…
By Stuart Gaffney and John Lewis– A few years ago, at a professional event we regularly attend, we struck up a friendly conversation with a newcomer. As the man repeatedly…
“For far too long our culture has belittled, fetishized, and dehumanized API women, especially poorer, southeast Asian women…I am urging President Biden, Congress, and every state and local official to…
By Assemblymember Phil Ting– I can’t stomach it anymore. Nearly every day, I see video of innocent Asian Americans being violently slammed to the ground. Or, I cringe at pictures…
By Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Councilmember At-Large– On Monday, April 12, the Oakland City Council passed an important resolution introduced by me and Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas. This resolution…
By Peter-Astrid Kane– The first time I came out to my parents as gay, I was two months shy of turning 20 and thinking, “You know, I really want to…
Winners of the Public Choice for San Francisco Pride 2021’s Community Grand Marshals were announced on April 15. They are the Oakland LGBTQ Community Center and Melonie Green and Melorra…
By Donna Sachet– If last Saturday’s explosion of excitement in the Castro is any indication, the Imperial Court of San Francisco is alive and very well! Candidates for Empress Ehra…
By Dr. Tim Seelig– What did you do on your summer vacation? Oh wait, that was not a summer and it wasn’t a vacation. It was a spring, summer, fall,…
By Jewelle Gomez– “I think that I shall never see/A poem as lovely as a tree.” What a strange way to enter the world of poetry, but that poem was…
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