Oct. 22 - Oct. 28, 2003 • Vol 38, No. 4

The war on the poor
By Tim Redmond

Vance Maxwell Elliot
"When I'm shooting up, I follow their guidelines."
By Corbett Miller

In this issue

Campaign Watch
News from the races for governor, mayor, district attorney and other fall ballot contests

Poverty amid plenty
Why are there so many poor people in such a rich city? Start with the cost of housing.
By Rachel Brahinsky and Tim Redmond

The housing-income divide

The ‘Bay Guardian’ 2003 poverty index
A snapshot of economic conditions in the city

Going bankrupt
“It's actually less stressful than having creditors calling me all the time.”
By A.C. Thompson

Just getting by
If it’s tough for a white middle-class professional to make it in San Francisco, imagine what it’s like for people a few rungs down the ladder.
By Steven T. Jones

Jimmy Armstrong
"A man on a mission to find a place for him and his kids."
By Tali Woodward

Lily Wu
“You would never have imagined our lives to be like this.”
By Rachel Brahinsky

The poor are fat
Five myths about the poor that are poisoning public policy.
By Annalee Newitz

Eve Milton and Paulette Spencer
“You can't be a working-class person and afford a house on Potrero Hill.”
By Matthew Hirsch

Mandy Karakas
“It reminds me of the depression.”
By Camille T. Taiara

The secret of the permanent poor
What the news media won’t tell you about the policies that make poverty a part of life in the United States.
By Ben H. Bagdikian

Bowl of discontent
Labor-management conflicts at popular Berkeley grocery store build as union vote nears
By Rachel Brahinsky

Liberation Radio Seized
Feds and local cops shut down venerable micropowered station
By Camille T. Taiara

Flower, repowered
Friends solicit support for San Francisco Oracle founder Allen Cohen.
By Cara Bruce

Haunt club
Halloween and Día de los Muertos events.
By Cheryl Eddy

Being There
Beaches to books
By dinah sanders

alt.sex.column By Andrea Nemerson

Double Team Psychic Dream By Michelle Tea and Jessica Lanyadoo

Flat Earth By Lynn Rapoport

Techsploitation By Annalee Newitz

Hall monitor

Alerts

Dine
The kindest cut
By Paul Reidinger

Without Reservations
The truth of consequences
By Paul Reidinger

Cheap Eats
Cigars: a poem
By Dan Leone

Table Ready
Squashed
By Stephanie Rosenbaum

Bottle Rockets
Ale and well met
Matt Markovich

Meatless
Seitanic rituals
By Miriam Wolf

Take That
Crédit mayonnaise
By Gabriel Roth

The Food Snoop
The red eye
By Masha Gutkin

Well Done
By Evelyn Grosvenor-Smythe

DineOnline
Menus, maps, and more...

The Blender

Film: The last Plath
Wintering author Kate Moses stands up for the Plath "peanut" gallery.
By Susan Gerhard

Film: Coup coup
Revolution provides a recall-hangover cure.
By Johnny Ray Huston

Film: Critic's Choice -‘Pieces of April’
No thank you
By Johnny Ray Huston

Dance: Alchemists
Motion Lab creates new dance-music fusions.
By Rita Felciano

Music: Paws and reflect
Scratch the surface of visual artist and Meow Meow and the Meow Meows member Mary Elizabeth Yarbrough.
By Sarah Han

Music: Sometimes a great notion
Crack: We Are Rock, Big Techno Werewolves, Fcute — what doesn't Eric Bauer do?
By Michelle Valdez

Music: Femmes fatales
Watch out for the Husbands.
By Kimberly Chun

Stage: Critic's Choice: Kate Corby and Dancers
Adam Bock's TV-inspired Thursday at Encore and a pair of one-acts by Mrozek from foolsFURY offer two ways to get there.
By Rita Felciano

Art: Critic's Choice: 'Capture and Record'
Motion Lab creates new dance-music fusions.
By Lindsey Westbrook

The Litterbox By John O'Neill

Sonic Reducer By Kimberly Chun

Tiger on beat By Patrick Macias

Plus One By Vivian Host

Script Doctor

Grooves

Local Grooves

2nd time around

The Void

Local Live

Full Circle

The Mix