Issue Forty Five·Feb 16, 2020My Mother’s Death Was Not An AccidentMy mother’s death was ruled an accidental one, which she surely would have found insulting. She had little patience for accidents, instead…
Issue Forty Five·Jun 14, 2018There Are No HeroesRo Khanna represents Silicon Valley. When he was elected to Congress, progressives ignored him because anyone elected to represent Silicon…
Issue Forty Five·Jun 13, 2018Kick the Damn RobotsSFGate, the Bay Area tech industry’s most reliable republisher of Silicon Valley press releases, has a bizarre story about people kicking…
Issue Forty Five·Jun 12, 2018The Myth of the Apolitical ACLUBefore the American Civil Liberties Union, there was the American Union Against Militarism. Formed in 1915 by a group of pacifists and…
Issue Forty Five·Feb 16, 2018The Amendments We Don’t LoveThe United States is girding itself for yet another bruising debate over guns. The debate will proceed along the usual lines: While one set…
Issue Forty Five·Dec 30, 2017The Year in Activism: ImmigrationWe’re one day closer to the end of this awful year, whose few bright spots we’re celebrating. Today, we look at how activists have fought…
Issue Forty Five·Dec 28, 2017The Year in Activism: Obamacare RepealLet’s take a minute to think about the good news.
Issue Forty Five·Jul 16, 2017Bay Area for Bernie’s Takes of the WeekWhile more benighted climes swelter through the dog days, we here in the Bay Area are keeping warm by cozying up to all the hot takes…
Issue Forty Five·Jul 4, 2017The Irrational Ms. TurnerA member of the Huffington Post contributor platform — which, a disclaimer reminds us, has no editorial standards — published a hit piece…
Issue Forty Five·May 24, 2017Kevin Drum’s bizarre single payer takeKevin Drum has another post at Mother Jones that makes us question what sins Ma Jones committed to have her name posthumously dragged…
