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San Francisco’s Chief Public Defender Mano Raju is a ‘Modern Day Legend’
How Mano Raju — the son of Tamil immigrants, the courtroom gladiator his colleagues once dubbed “The Not Guilty Machine,” and California’s only elected public
Vidrale Franklin & SFUSD: The Unquiet Resignation – Part 2
Separate and Unequal: How the Lowell Baseball Scandal, the Bayview Extraction, and SFUSD’s Seventy-Year Segregation Doctrine Betray Every BIPOC Child in San Francisco SPECIAL INVESTIGATION
The Unquiet Resignation: An Investigation into Institutional Racism at SFUSD
HOW DR. VIDRALE FRANKLIN’S FIGHT AGAINST SFUSD UNCOVERED A PATTERN OF INSTITUTIONAL RACISM SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE SERIES | PART ONE When the beloved Bayview elementary principal
THE CITY THEY FORGOT TO SWITCH BACK ON
Gary, Indiana — the Blackest city in America — sat in the dark for fourteen days. The blackout was a storm story. What happened next
The Man Who Would Not Look Away:Mark Baker vs. the $11 Million Fraud Above the Bay
For three years, retired engineer Mark Baker has challenged the agencies and private interests behind Bay Lights 360. Courts have rejected his claims and branded
THE PRICE OF BEING POOR — PART 12: THE DAY THE CITY ANSWERED
Mayor Lurie and City Attorney Chiu Deliver a First-of-Its-Kind Reckoning for Alice Griffith — and the Community That Refused to Be Silenced Made It Happen
A Tale of Two Standards
Lurie’s Cleanliness Crackdown on Nonprofits — While Publicly Subsidized Housing Tenants Keep Living With Sewage, Garbage, Mold, Broken Elevators, and Rats!! Special Investigative Commentary San
BODIES IN THE TREES, SILENCE IN WASHINGTON
When a Hanging Is Ruled Suicide, Who Makes Sure the Investigation Was Worthy of the Dead? I’ve been writing articles for well over 20 years.
JUSTICE BURIED BENEATH THE RADIATION: HOW A 1957 NUCLEAR SHIELD LAW JUST TOLD BLACK SAN FRANCISCO THAT FRAUD DOESN’T COUNT
Special Report — August 10, 2026 There are rulings that surprise a city, and there are rulings that confirm what a community has been telling