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Slashing EPA makes things worse...
NEW DATA: Toxic cleanups take longer in marginalized #BayArea communities, shows a Public Press analysis. Variations in complexity explain some differences. But disparities deepened in an analysis of a subset of comparable sites. Here’s why.
Toxic Waste Cleanups Take Longer in Marginalized Parts of SF Bay Area
A new data analysis of thousands of sites shows toxic waste cleanups take longer in socially vulnerable parts of the Bay Area.
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March 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Slashing EPA makes things worse...
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Don't miss our benefit film screening next Thursday, March 13, at The Roxie. Get tickets here: sfpr.es/filmeventmar...
We are screening Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink at 6 PM, doors at 5:30. We hope to see you there, and continue the conversation about our democracy.
We are screening Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink at 6 PM, doors at 5:30. We hope to see you there, and continue the conversation about our democracy.
March 7, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Don't miss our benefit film screening next Thursday, March 13, at The Roxie. Get tickets here: sfpr.es/filmeventmar...
We are screening Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink at 6 PM, doors at 5:30. We hope to see you there, and continue the conversation about our democracy.
We are screening Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink at 6 PM, doors at 5:30. We hope to see you there, and continue the conversation about our democracy.
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Trump’s threats of mass deportations could strain an understaffed health care workforce, making it harder for older adults and people with disabilities in San Francisco to receive care at home and in nursing facilities.
Mass Deportation Threats Put Caregivers, Seniors, Disabled People on High Alert
Trump’s threats of mass deportations, and other changes to immigration policies could strain an already-understaffed health care workforce.
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February 25, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Trump’s threats of mass deportations could strain an understaffed health care workforce, making it harder for older adults and people with disabilities in San Francisco to receive care at home and in nursing facilities.
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In the latest episode of “Civic,” I learn about the emboldened, in-your-face anti-abortion crusaders of Gen Z.
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January 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
In the latest episode of “Civic,” I learn about the emboldened, in-your-face anti-abortion crusaders of Gen Z.
www.sfpublicpress.org/san-francisc...
www.sfpublicpress.org/san-francisc...
Immigrant Advocates Trying to Dispel Rumors of ICE Operation in San Francisco.
Residents express fear and concern for their community over Trump administration’s threats of mass deportation.
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Residents express fear and concern for their community over Trump administration’s threats of mass deportation.
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Immigrant Advocates Trying to Dispel Rumors of ICE Operation in SF
Rumors of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention operation alarmed residents of San Francisco’s Mission District earlier this month following a threat by Donald Trump before his inaugur...
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January 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Immigrant Advocates Trying to Dispel Rumors of ICE Operation in San Francisco.
Residents express fear and concern for their community over Trump administration’s threats of mass deportation.
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www.sfpublicpress.org/immigrant-ad...
Residents express fear and concern for their community over Trump administration’s threats of mass deportation.
@sfpublicpress.bsky.social
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San Francisco could not produce evidence it's complying with a policy intended to help unhoused people retain essential belongs, even though hundreds of encampment clearings have been recorded since the beginning of the year. www.sfpublicpress.org/san-francisc...
SF Fails to Produce Evidence It Follows Encampment Clearing Policy
San Francisco cannot prove it follows an aspect of its encampment clearing policy intended to help people retain essential belongings. Despite 588 clearings from January to mid-November, the city lack...
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December 23, 2024 at 4:27 PM
San Francisco could not produce evidence it's complying with a policy intended to help unhoused people retain essential belongs, even though hundreds of encampment clearings have been recorded since the beginning of the year. www.sfpublicpress.org/san-francisc...
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PART 6 → From our investigation “Exposed”
In the 1940s, the U.S. Navy protected workers from windblown plutonium w/ gas masks. What about nearby Bayview? There’s no evidence residents were warned.
Today, residents still feel spurned by the government. www.sfpublicpress.org/exposed-part...
In the 1940s, the U.S. Navy protected workers from windblown plutonium w/ gas masks. What about nearby Bayview? There’s no evidence residents were warned.
Today, residents still feel spurned by the government. www.sfpublicpress.org/exposed-part...
Shuttered Radiation Lab Poses Ongoing Health Risks for Growing Neighborhood
Our investigative series, “Exposed: The Human Radiation Experiments at Hunters Point," details how the U.S. Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory, based at a shipyard in San Francisco, exposed at leas...
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December 16, 2024 at 5:02 PM
PART 6 → From our investigation “Exposed”
In the 1940s, the U.S. Navy protected workers from windblown plutonium w/ gas masks. What about nearby Bayview? There’s no evidence residents were warned.
Today, residents still feel spurned by the government. www.sfpublicpress.org/exposed-part...
In the 1940s, the U.S. Navy protected workers from windblown plutonium w/ gas masks. What about nearby Bayview? There’s no evidence residents were warned.
Today, residents still feel spurned by the government. www.sfpublicpress.org/exposed-part...
Without Transformative Local Media, Our Communities Are Vulnerable "Creating strong structures for local news and civic information isn’t usually at the top of the list for progressive movement leaders, but it’s a crucial part of the work that lies ahead." {+why I'm working at SFPublicPress.org}
Without Transformative Local Media, Our Communities Are Vulnerable
We need to break the billionaires’ grip on our democracy — and that starts with loosening their hold over local media.
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December 17, 2024 at 1:13 AM
Without Transformative Local Media, Our Communities Are Vulnerable "Creating strong structures for local news and civic information isn’t usually at the top of the list for progressive movement leaders, but it’s a crucial part of the work that lies ahead." {+why I'm working at SFPublicPress.org}
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PART 2 of our investigation: Exposed
Top military and civilian brass at every level — from Washington down to the docks — were aware of the experiments in San Francisco.
Top military and civilian brass at every level — from Washington down to the docks — were aware of the experiments in San Francisco.
After Atomic Test Blunder, U.S. Allowed Human Radiation Studies
Pacific bomb tests left the Navy with radioactive ships to clean. A lab in SF saw an opportunity to expand its mandate. Part 2 in a series.
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December 3, 2024 at 6:08 PM
PART 2 of our investigation: Exposed
Top military and civilian brass at every level — from Washington down to the docks — were aware of the experiments in San Francisco.
Top military and civilian brass at every level — from Washington down to the docks — were aware of the experiments in San Francisco.
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Scientists at US Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory in SF from 1946-1963 knowingly exposed +1,073 servicemen, dockworkers et al. to potentially harmful radiation via war games, decontamination tests, medical studies.
Co-published w/ @us.theguardian.com >>> www.sfpublicpress.org/exposed-part...
Co-published w/ @us.theguardian.com >>> www.sfpublicpress.org/exposed-part...
November 25, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Scientists at US Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory in SF from 1946-1963 knowingly exposed +1,073 servicemen, dockworkers et al. to potentially harmful radiation via war games, decontamination tests, medical studies.
Co-published w/ @us.theguardian.com >>> www.sfpublicpress.org/exposed-part...
Co-published w/ @us.theguardian.com >>> www.sfpublicpress.org/exposed-part...