By Stuart Gaffney– My father died last month at age 96. He was a remarkably gifted and talented economics professor, who The New York Times reported “was at the forefront”…
I graduated from Wake Forest University in the 1980s and there I met the university’s first Reynolds Professor of American Studies, Dr. Maya Angelou. I read all of her works,…
By Derek Barnes– The recent death of U.S. Representative John Lewis reminds us of his enduring vision and the work that one individual can pursue to attain a legacy that…
Photos by Drew Altizer — This year’s coronavirus pandemic has brought new experiences to us all in ways we never could have dreamed of when 2020 began. The San Francisco…
By Eric Jansen– “Upon This Rock” is a tangled-web crime mystery set in Italy and Vatican City, with Catholic corruption, hidden homos, suicide, international terrorism, and the refugee crisis in…
By Andrea Shorter– Are we there, yet? Have we now entered into the realm of the actual authoritarian state that has been mused about, warned about, and predicted to occur…
By Assemblymember Phil Ting — Demographic data is important for health equity because it helps to identify a community’s vulnerability to disease and deliver more culturally competent care. COVID-19 data…
(Editor’s Note: Nan Parks is back! As Ann Rostow recently wrote, “Do any longtime readers remember my secret alter ego, the inane Bay Times “columnist” Nan Parks from back in the day?…
“Rocky, Skinny, and Chiquitita have lived together their whole lives, and we’re looking for an adopter who will take all three fun-loving pups! While these cuties aren’t technically siblings, they’ve…
By Roger Doughty– July 2020 finds our nation, the world, the Bay Area, and our LGBTQ community confronting some of the greatest challenges in living memory: the COVID-19 pandemic; a…
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