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    Ann Rostow: Caution Children at Work

    Ann Rostow: Caution Children at Work

    By Ann Rostow– Caution: Children at Work The “deep state,” as I understand it, refers to career civil servants, deeply embedded in the D.C. bureaucracy, who bolster American values and…

    No Fanfare for President’s Confirmed Highest-Ranking LGBT Official

    No Fanfare for President’s Confirmed Highest-Ranking LGBT Official

    By Andrea Shorter– At a birthday celebration a few days ago, I was overjoyed to see a mutual friend who had the privilege of working in the Obama administration throughout…

    Apologizing to the LGBT Community

    Apologizing to the LGBT Community

    By Assemblymember Phil Ting– California has some of the best legal protections in the country today for the LGBT community, but the road to get to this point hasn’t been…

    Shared Bicycle and Scooter Services Can Benefit Bay Area Cities If Responsibly Regulated

    Shared Bicycle and Scooter Services Can Benefit Bay Area Cities If Responsibly Regulated

    By Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Councilmember At-Large– As Oakland’s citywide elected Councilmember, who also serves on the countywide Transportation Commission, I recently proposed that Oakland adopt regulations for shared bicycle…

    ‘Chinese Stuart’ and ‘Chinese Tom’: Every Label Tells a Story

    ‘Chinese Stuart’ and ‘Chinese Tom’: Every Label Tells a Story

    By Stuart Gaffney– May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, and this year I’ve been reflecting on what it was like to attend summer camp in Wisconsin in the early…

    Harvey Milk Plaza Community-Selected Design Approach to Be Revealed on May 15

    Harvey Milk Plaza Community-Selected Design Approach to Be Revealed on May 15

    At the third in a series of four community meetings on April 14, Friends of Harvey Milk Plaza (FHMP) in partnership with the architecture firm Perkins Eastman presented four preliminary…

    What Really Causes Depression?

    What Really Causes Depression?

    By Tom Moon, MFT– In the late 1980s, when the Prozac family of anti-depressants became available, I saw the new drugs make dramatic changes in the lives of many people.…

    The Great Emperor and the Last God of the Romans

    The Great Emperor and the Last God of the Romans

    By Dr. Bill Lipsky– It would have been the trial of the century, had there been a trial. In 130 A.D., attendants found the body of Antinous, the handsome young…

    Cult of the Machine: Precisionism and American Art

    Cult of the Machine: Precisionism and American Art

    At the de Young through August 12 Layered, complex, and deeply personal, the still lifes Gerald Murphy produced between 1921 and 1929 reflect the tensions between surface and depth, exterior…

    Dolores Huerta’s Life and Achievements Should Be Taught More in Schools

    Dolores Huerta’s Life and Achievements Should Be Taught More in Schools

    By Lyndsey Schlax– (Editor’s Note: It has just been announced that teacher Lyndsey Schlax of the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts, along with Sonya Mehta and Sarah…