The great songwriter is old now. But as closing time approaches, his poetic fire burns brighter than ever.
By Gary Kamiya Apr 17, 2009
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A long blue line of police officers, backed by a grieving city, gather to say goodbye to four cops who died doing their jobs.
By Gary Kamiya
March 28, 2009
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Stimulus money will make it easier for affluent Californians to get to the airport. But everyone else will be stuck in traffic.
By Andrew Leonard
March 6, 2009
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Oakland A's owner Lew Wolff has an idea for shortening the baseball postseason. A bad one.
By King Kaufman
November 20, 2008
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I worry that Alice Waters' crusade for local, seasonal food isn't reaching the people who really need it.
By Novella Carpenter
August 1, 2007
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The former Reagan speechwriter and WSJ opinion columnist can't see the recession. Is she even looking?
By Andrew Leonard
December 2, 2008
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John Sellers climbed the Sears Tower to protest nukes and unfurled an anti-logging banner over the Golden Gate. The left's Merry Prankster talks.
By Bill Katovsky
March 27, 2006
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A new generation of black politicians is striving to put racial patronage and civic corruption behind it, and unite an increasingly diverse nation.
By Chris Thompson
December 12, 2005
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While the Bush administration fiddles and the world burns, mayors from around the world gather in the city by the bay to confront "the biggest challenge in the history of our species."
By Katharine Mieszkowski
June 1, 2005
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Notes from two pioneering California charter schools -- one a success story, the other a failure.
By Jonathan Schorr
May 30, 2000
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Where's the virile firefighter who's supposed to cut off my clothes?
By Mary Roach
April 7, 2000
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Money talks as voters say no to gay marriage, yes to cracking-down on juvenile crime and maybe to more money for schools.
By Fiona Morgan
March 8, 2000
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David Hilliard wants to win an Oakland City Council seat by flogging
the legacy of the group that still haunts the city. His failure to
gain support shows how little the Panthers matter to its future.
By Kate Coleman
March 6, 2000
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A letter from an old friend stirs up passions from one of the most disturbing, yet little-known, crimes of the New Left era. It happened exactly 25 years ago.
By David Horowitz
December 13, 1999
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Bill Bradley stunned the political world by raising more money in the last three months than had Al Gore -- but he's not about to claim front-runner status.
By Anthony York
September 30, 1999
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Jerry Brown swaps race politics for results; is it time to outgrow George Carlin?
Letters to the Editor
June 30, 1999
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The hard-charging mayor challenges an entrenched bureaucracy -- and a racial spoils system.
By Joan Walsh
June 23, 1999
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He may be pushing 70, but Clint Eastwood just hit his stride with 'True Crime'.
By Andrew O'Hehir
March 19, 1999
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By Joan Walsh
January 5, 1999
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Sharps & Flats is a daily music review in Salon Magazine
By Douglas Wolk
January 22, 1998
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LEFTISTS, DUCKING THE HARSH TRUTHS OF HISTORY
AND THEIR OWN MISTAKES, KEEP LIONIZING
THUGS LIKE THE BLACK PANTHERS.
By David Horowitz
December 1, 1997
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A welfare mother's tragicomic tale of life in the system.
By Aggie Max
July 8, 1997
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Aggie Max, author of "The Last Resort: Scenes from a Transient Hotel," says it's not just the lack of money that makes escape nearly impossible it's the culture of poverty.
By Suzette Lalime
July 8, 1997
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Moving toward the abyss
By Fred Branfman
June 3, 1996
Leonard Cohen's perfect offering
Oakland mourns
Is shaving five minutes off that trip to the airport worth it?
Welcome to the playoffs: Bye
Why I pick lettuce for the Black Panthers
Mr. Ruckus
Rise of the new black leaders
I saved my planet in San Francisco
The charter school challenge
Glenn Greenwald
War Room
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