Opinion

Editorial: More frontline workers need the shots

Editorial: More frontline workers need the shots

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Feb 24, 2021

While the COVID-19 vaccine rollout remains uneven in California, it's a relief that most people over the age of 65 can now make an appointment — that is if sites have the vaccine and are open.

Guest Opinion: Preston should listen to research, not insult researchers

Guest Opinion: Preston should listen to research, not insult researchers

Last month, I asked my representative on the Board of Supervisors, Dean Preston, to make it easier to build new housing in our city.

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

This week's letters to the editor.

Guest Opinion: SF school board must repair harm

Guest Opinion: SF school board must repair harm

On February 9, the 25th anniversary of my first date with my husband, the San Francisco Board of Education considered my nomination to join the volunteer Parent Advisory Council.

Editorial: Making a mockery of diversity

Editorial: Making a mockery of diversity

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Feb 17, 2021

The San Francisco Board of Education made a mockery of diversity, even as members have the right intentions.

Guest Opinion: Why Black History Month matters

Guest Opinion: Why Black History Month matters

When I was a little girl, there was no Black History Month.

Editorial: Return to an inclusive US foreign policy

Editorial: Return to an inclusive US foreign policy

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Feb 10, 2021

During his first visit to the State Department February 4, President Joe Biden wasted no time in making clear that global LGBTQI+ rights would be front and center of his foreign policy agenda.

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

This week's letters to the editor.

Editorial: Turning around the COVID vaccine debacle

Editorial: Turning around the COVID vaccine debacle

So far, Governor Gavin Newsom's administration has largely failed to manage a comprehensive COVID vaccination effort for California.

Guest Opinion: Who is that in the mirror? It's us and we look so beautiful with our disability

Guest Opinion: Who is that in the mirror? It's us and we look so beautiful with our disability

I had to create my mirror and now it is an international reflection as a Black disabled person.

Editorial: Biden keeps promise with trans ban repeal

Editorial: Biden keeps promise with trans ban repeal

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Jan 27, 2021

It may be premature to declare President Joe Biden's executive order repealing former President Donald Trump's odious transgender military ban a "victory," as some news outlets have reported

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

This week's letters to the editor.

Editorial: Levine is qualified for quick confirmation

Editorial: Levine is qualified for quick confirmation

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Jan 20, 2021

The Senate this week finally started holding hearings for President Joe Biden's various cabinet nominees and others that need confirmation.

Guest Opinion: How I learned to stop worrying and love the vote

Guest Opinion: How I learned to stop worrying and love the vote

To say I held my bated breath until it was clear that "Uncle Joe" had won would be the understatement of a century. Or two. Add in "Auntie" Kamala and my gay self has been in an election coma ever since.