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    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…

    The Red Shellacking

    The Red Shellacking

    By Debra Walker I did my best, it wasn’t much I couldn’t feel, so I tried to touch I told the truth, I didn’t come to fool you And even…

    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.…

    Financing a Home in the Bay Area’s Hot Real Estate Market

    Financing a Home in the Bay Area’s Hot Real Estate Market

      To say the San Francisco Bay Area has a hot real estate market would be an understatement. The dream of buying a home has collided with the reality of…

    San Francisco’s Official Response to the Election of Trump

    San Francisco’s Official Response to the Election of Trump

    The San Francisco Board of Supervisors recently passed a resolution, introduced by Board President London Breed, in response to the election of Donald Trump. The resolution reads as follows:  …

    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…

    In The News: 11.10.2016

    Compiled by Dennis McMillan LGBT Center Hit by Thefts, Vandalism, Homophobic Graffiti A recent rash of burglaries and vandalism targeting the nonprofit Rainbow Community Center of Contra Costa has stirred…