By Philip Ruth– If talk-show makeup makeovers have taught us anything, it’s that the right look can make anyone seem more appealing. That’s nowhere truer than the fiercely competitive crossover…
At the de Young “I go to the stream. I read the roots in the water, laying in clear water. There’s a miracle in that water, running across them logs…
By Lyndsey Schlax– (Editor’s Note: Teacher Lyndsey Schlax of the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts launched the nation’s first on-site high school LGBT course in 2015. She…
By Michele Karlsberg Michele Karlsberg: For this issue of the San Francisco Bay Times, I present a guest article written by author and television producer Stefani Deoul. “For the oppression…
By Jamie Leno Zimron– Have you ever noticed that life is really one big breath? The first thing that happens when we’re born is an inhale, and our last act…
By Stuart Gaffney and John Lewis– When Taiwanese and international intersex activist Hiker Chiu as a teenager saw their childhood medical records for the first time, one question kept resounding…
By Andrea Shorter– Tis’ the season for year-end wrap ups of the news highlights before we ring in the New Year. There will be the usual array of most spectacular…
By Assemblymember Phil Ting– When California students learn about civil rights, in addition to studying Martin Luther King, Jr.,’s “I Have a Dream” speech and discussing Cesar Chavez’s championing of…
By Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Councilmember At-Large– In August 2017, the Oakland Police Department knowingly assisted with an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid in West Oakland. OPD’s participation contradicts…
By Julie Gleeson– I recently interviewed a wonderful career counselor who was hired to help a start-up company retain employees. As we spoke about the issues, it became clear that…
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