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    World AIDS Day: Books, Health and History

    World AIDS Day: Books, Health and History

    By Michele Karlsberg In the insightful and inspirational memoir, The Sea Is Quiet Tonight, Michael Ward returns to the early years of the AIDS epidemic, when so little was known and…

    We’ll Never Give Up

    We’ll Never Give Up

    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…

    Lessons from Angel Island

    Lessons from Angel Island

    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…

    Kaplan Spearheads Public Banking

    Kaplan Spearheads Public Banking

    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…

    Give No One Cause to Fear You

    Give No One Cause to Fear You

    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…

    An Open Letter to Donald J. Trump

    An Open Letter to Donald J. Trump

    (Editor’s Note: San Francisco Bay Times contributor and former columnist Jamie Leno Zimron penned this shortly after Election Day.) You have succeeded on a mission seemingly impossible to become President-elect.…

    Thanksgiving 2016

    Thanksgiving 2016

    Slightly more than two years ago I introduced the Aging in Community column and promised to identify opportunities and challenges that San Francisco LGBT elders face in later life. The focus of the column has…

    Campaign Reflections

    Campaign Reflections

    In the period between the primary election and this general election, I’ve had the opportunity to reflect on the political process, what it is like to be a candidate, and…

    Reflections on Election 2016, Remembering Agar Jaicks and Leno’s Victory Lap

    Reflections on Election 2016, Remembering Agar Jaicks and Leno’s Victory Lap

    Reflections on Election 2016 Unfortunately, dear reader, I am afraid you have me at a disadvantage. You see, as I write this column, in the final week of the 2016…

    Two Crossovers in Autumnal Colors

    Two Crossovers in Autumnal Colors

    Fall colors are the theme this week. Both the tested Ford Edge Titanium and Jeep Renegade Trailhawk 4×4 came in shades that evoked the season of pumpkins and squash. Fall…