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sfbg cover The snitch
Tales from the underside of the local underworld.
By A.C. Thompson

cover by Lori Spears

 

 


In This Issue

Leading the leaderless
Chicago filmmakers are looking for a few good anarchists
By Matthew Hirsch

Caught in a blog bog
How an S.F. campaign finance law got fledgling online journalists all up in a tizzy
By Matthew Hirsch

The conflict over conflicts
The stem cell institute moves to rein in conflicts of interest, but some concerns remain
By Tali Woodward

Money for nothing
Eddy Zheng got a 7-years-to-life prison sentence, served 19 years, and now faces deportation - a case study in our wasteful approach to punishing immigrants
By Momo Chang

Neighborhood Business: Eating 18th Street
Food fanatics savor the strip's café and restaurant shuffle.

Neighborhood Business: Biztips
Openings, closings, and other life changes on the small-business scene.

Editorial: Leave bloggers alone

Editorial: The deal next time

Opinion: Up against Castro racism
By John Newsome


Dine review
Gyro worship
Cheap eats
Wounded knee

The Food Snoop,

The Blender

Web Exclusive: Upton Sinclair's California
Bay Guardian editor and publisher Bruce B. Brugmann talks with Lauren Coodley, editor of The Land of Orange Groves and Jails, a collection of Upton Sinclair's writings.

Journalists under fire
Press freedom alerts, journalists in high risk zones, digests from the frontlines of the free press around the globe, and links to national and international organizations working for press freedom

Freedom of information
Alerts, news and commentary on sunshine, open government and first amendment issues. This week from the California First Amendment Coalition: In an era when anyone with a computer and modem can publish information that reaches thousands, who is a "journalist"? The answer matters like never before.

 

 

Theater: Whose story?
The People's Temple struggles to uncover the truth behind Jonestown.

Film: Grudge match
Payback's a bitch in Park Chan-wook's thrilling Oldboy.

Film: Hello is for children
Turtles Can Fly mines the kid-survivor stories of Kurdish Iraq.

Film: Critic's Choice - Hi/Lo Film Festival

Film: Critic's Choice - 'Double Dare'
Wonder women

Music: Playing to win
The Game's Documentary and West Coast Resurrection probe what it means to be a gangsta in a deindustrialized world.

Music: Queen of Queens
The newest member of Queens of the Stone Age, Natasha Shneider, reports from the front.

Theater: Family portrait
Nicky Silver sharpens his sardonic skills with Beautiful Child

Stage: Critic's Choice - 'Living Legends of Kathakali'

Art: History in the waking
The unprecedented "Made in Palestine" dramatically asserts a narrative too long suppressed.

Art: Critic's Choice - 'The Sleep of Reason'

See Hear - music DVD reviews

Script Doctor - film news

Local Live - show reviews

Grooves - record reviews

Local Grooves - record reviews

2nd Time Around - record reviews

The Mix


Illustration by Rachell Sumpter
Careers & Education: The ivory tower's glass ceiling
Female academics seeking tenure are falling below the curve.


Careers & Education: Cooking with fire
As a line cook or a celebrity chef, you too can bring that fire in the belly into the kitchen.

Careers & Education: Sticks and stones
The school of hard rocks educates the future rock and roll star.

Careers & Education: Get into position
Don't teach yoga for fame or fortune — do it because you love it like nothing else.

 


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