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    Bernie Sanders Suspends Presidential Campaign, Paves Way for Biden

    Bernie Sanders Suspends Presidential Campaign, Paves Way for Biden

    Senator Bernie Sanders on April 8 ended his bid for the presidency, with former Vice President Joe Biden now the clear Democratic front-runner in the race. After a conference call…

    Six Feet of Separation: Sheltering-in for DV Survivors During COVID-19

    Six Feet of Separation: Sheltering-in for DV Survivors During COVID-19

    By Andrea Shorter– 1.5 million and rising: the number of people the world over infected by coronavirus as of this writing. Soon enough, if not already, more of us will…

    2020 Foresight: Expect the Unexpected

    2020 Foresight: Expect the Unexpected

    By John Lewis– When I was a senior in high school back in the 1970s, I played classical piano and was invited to perform the difficult Mendelssohn Piano Concerto in…

    Big Abilities and Style

    Big Abilities and Style

    By Philip Ruth– When is too much too much? It’s a subjective question with a highly personalized answer.  In terms of cars, the response has no baseline. Pretty much any…

    James Pratt and John Smith: Martyrs to Madness and Idiocy

    James Pratt and John Smith: Martyrs to Madness and Idiocy

    By Dr. Bill Lipsky– “Yesterday morning, at the usual hour,” the Morning Post informed its readers on November 28, 1835, “the sentence of the law was carried into effect upon…

    Saints and Sinners 2020: The Festival That Wasn’t

    Saints and Sinners 2020: The Festival That Wasn’t

    By Michele Karlsberg– Michele Karlsberg: The Saints and Sinners Literary Festival (SAS Fest) was founded in 2003 as a new initiative designed to be an innovative way to reach the…

    Ellen Pontac (1941–2020): Flooding the World with Love and Life

    Ellen Pontac (1941–2020): Flooding the World with Love and Life

    By John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney– We met the extraordinary Ellen Pontac, along with the love of her life Shelly Bailes, on the miraculous first day of San Francisco’s Winter…

    Strengthening Our Safety Net During the Coronavirus Pandemic

    Strengthening Our Safety Net During the Coronavirus Pandemic

    By Brett Andrews– This is an unprecedented moment. The interconnectedness of our community and our world is laid bare in the starkest of terms as we face and take action…

    2020 Census: Rise Up and Be Counted

    2020 Census: Rise Up and Be Counted

    By Assemblymember Phil Ting– We are living in unprecedented times. The Bay Area’s stay-at-home order is necessary to slow the spread of COVID-19, which threatens the health and well-being of…

    Social Justice Slate Dominated San Francisco’s DCCC Race

    By Kevin Bard– The Social Justice slate—with a lot of help from the Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, Pissed Off Voters, the Berniecrats, the Guardian, and others in our progressive…