Monthly Archives: February 2012

The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce reports that its recent poll of 500 voters found that 58% of San Francisco residents feel the city is going in the right direction, double the number that felt this way in 2010. Chamber<br> Read More »

Cultural insensitivity of the kind illustrated by the recent Koran burnings at Bagram Air Base might be an understandable lapse in the first months of a military occupation, but after ten years? It wasn’t long ago when General David Petraeus<br> Read More »

SUPPORT OUR VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES! San Francisco Armed Forces Community Convenant (SFAFCC) has sent a call out for action throughout the San Francisco community to step up and show their appreciation and support for our servicemembers, veterans and their<br> Read More »

On February 24, San Francisco Democratic Party Chair Aaron Peskin filed a lawsuit against the city challenging its environmental review for projects connected to the America’s Cup. The Board of Supervisors will soon vote on the America’s Cup contracts, but<br> Read More »

Ed. Note by Paul Hogarth: Jonathan Chait is no progressive. In 2003, he wrote a cover story for the New Republic urging Democrats to “stop” Howard Dean. But this piece, which was first published in New York Magazine, is a<br> Read More »

Apple’s chosen monitor has long been criticized by anti-sweatshop activists. Wracked by weeks of bad press over the conditions under which its products are made, this month Apple called in the Fair Labor Association. “We believe that workers everywhere have<br> Read More »