Posted November 30, 2006 by Paul Hogarth
Are gay neighborhoods worth saving? The answer may seem obvious, but it led to a fascinating and well-attended panel discussion Tuesday night at the GLBT Historical Society. The Castro has been an internationally renowned gay mecca for decades, but gentrification
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Posted November 30, 2006 by Randy Shaw
As unions prove increasingly successful in organizing Latino immigrants in Los Angeles and elsewhere, many wonder how this development came about. Fortunately, Ruth Milkman, Director of the Institute of Industrial Relations at UCLA and a frequent writer on labor issues,
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Posted November 30, 2006 by Jesse Zerger Nathan
For the past three weeks, Republicans and political pundits have been pondering what, exactly, went so distinctly wrong in the GOP strategy this election season. Theories abound, from the most obvious and basic—Bush and his unpopular war—to the suggestion that
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Posted November 30, 2006 by John Perry
When people ask about the differences between my son’s private pre-K and his new San Francisco Unified School District kindergarten, a couple of images flash through my head. The sacks of cash are probably pretty obvious. But the piano covered
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Posted November 29, 2006 by Paul Hogarth
Some tenants who are formerly homeless and have lived in the City’s single-room-occupancy (SRO) hotels are now running these same hotels today through the Master Lease program. While Care Not Cash has provided housing to thousands of homeless people in
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Posted November 29, 2006 by Chip Conley
(Ed note: In response to the racial profiling incident at the Hotel Vitale described in Harrison Chastang’s article below, CEO Chip Conley issued the following statement)
Prejudice still exists in America. It is real and palpable. While we’ve all witnessed
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Posted November 29, 2006 by Randy Shaw
Jack Tillmany, whose Theatres of San Francisco drew raves for its scenes of the historic Mid-Market Theatre District, has authored a new book, Theatres of Oakland. Tillmany will be signing the book at the Castro Theater on Saturday, Dec. 2
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Posted November 28, 2006 by
Please Paul,
Do not forget Mayor Moscone. He was always interested in what was going on in the many faceted gay community and often took part
in many events at a time it was not yet fashionable to do so,
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