Opinion

Guest Opinion: Trump's attempted coup requires a bold response — from all of us

Guest Opinion: Trump's attempted coup requires a bold response — from all of us

Thousands of Trump supporters swarmed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, January 6, to commit seditious acts that were motivated by ignorance and white supremacy, which obviously go hand in hand.

Guest Opinion: Emergency depts: It's NOT normal now

Guest Opinion: Emergency depts: It's NOT normal now

It is no secret that many hospital emergency departments are struggling.

Editorial: Barr's parting slap at Title VI

Editorial: Barr's parting slap at Title VI

On his way out the door, former Attorney General William Barr delivered one last slap to minority groups, potentially including LGBTQs of color.

Editorial: CA vaccine efforts must ramp up

Editorial: CA vaccine efforts must ramp up

We are several weeks into COVID-19 vaccine distribution and the pace is woefully slow in California.

Editorial: What we want to see in 2021

Editorial: What we want to see in 2021

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Dec 29, 2020

After a mostly dismal 2020, we are more than ready for the new year.

Guest Opinion: We wasted our boom

Guest Opinion: We wasted our boom

From 2010 to 2020, the world fĂȘted San Francisco. New startups, new graduates, new immigrants — all wanted to share in its glittering promise.

Editorial: Mandelman for SF board president

Editorial: Mandelman for SF board president

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Dec 22, 2020

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors will meet January 8 and, after elected and reelected members are sworn in, will choose a new board president.

Guest Opinion: Healing is coming

Guest Opinion: Healing is coming

This is a good year for Christmas. We need the joy, the light, hope, the gifts, the promise, the peace. All of it.

Editorial: CA risks LGBTQ residents' health

Editorial: CA risks LGBTQ residents' health

  • EDITORIAL
  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Dec 16, 2020

Gay state Senator Scott Wiener is absolutely right in calling for an audit of the California Department of Public Health to find out why it is still not collecting sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data for COVID-19.

Editorial: 7 SF supes need 1st Amendment tutorial

Editorial: 7 SF supes need 1st Amendment tutorial

That San Francisco supervisors are not journalists and unclear about the principles of the First Amendment was clearly evident during a lengthy conversation at the December 1 board meeting where the merits of "good journalism" were debated.

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

This week's letters to the editor.

Guest Opinion: LGBTQ seniors grapple with COVID

Guest Opinion: LGBTQ seniors grapple with COVID

In 2015, my first year in the Legislature, working alongside Equality California, I introduced Assembly Bill 959, the LGBT Disparities Reduction Act.

Editorial: US Supreme Court tilts right

Editorial: US Supreme Court tilts right

Anyone who doubted that the U.S. Supreme Court would lurch to the right with the confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett got a jolt last week when it ruled that science be damned.

Guest Opinion: Almost 40 years later, still no AIDS cure in sight

Guest Opinion: Almost 40 years later, still no AIDS cure in sight

As we observe another World AIDS Day December 1, I wish I could believe a cure was in sight but unfortunately I cannot.