Time for a carbon tax
EDITORIALFor this week's Green Issue, our cover story ("Save the world, work less") looks at how our economic system is accelerating climate change, proposing that we slow down and work less. It's a...
View ArticleHold BART accountable for deaths
EDITORIALBay Area Rapid Transit made a deadly miscalculation last year — one that built on years of reckless decisions to value efficiency over safety — and nobody was ever held accountable. That's not...
View ArticleThe future of Piers 30-32
EDITORIALIt was good news for San Francisco when the Golden State Warriors withdrew a proposal to build a new arena on Piers 30-32 and to instead build it on private land in Mission Bay, sparing city...
View ArticlePolitics trumps police oversight
EDITORIALA proven advocate for the public interest was removed from the San Francisco Police Commission last week. Not only was this a missed opportunity for stronger civilian oversight at a time when...
View ArticleStop wiggling around the bike debate
EDITORIALOur blog post last week about traffic cops ticketing bicyclists riding the Wiggle on Bike to Work Day (see "Bike sting on BTWD," page 13) triggered heated reader reactions on both sides, as...
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