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HARTS program extends help to homeless students

At the beginning of every month Chris Shaeffer, director of the Homeless At Risk Transitional Students Program, and lab aid Tina Esquer hand out Muni fast passes at a reduced cost of $20 to students who are homeless, living in transitional homes and on parole.

Time to clean up culture of corruption in the SFPD

The San Francisco Police Department and the city’s Public Defender Jeff Adachi have been lampooning each other in the media lately, and it seems like the cops feel they are the true victims in this tale of corruption.

No Tasers for SFPD

Your headline suggests that you have swallowed the lemonade.

U.S. society obsessed with safety

The U.S. is grossly obsessed with safety and regulations to the point that our liberty is in jeopardy and our rights are compromised.

Alleged Wikileaker’s appalling treatment continues

The military’s treatment of alleged Wikileaker Pfc. Bradley Manning is shameful and inconsistent with the values enshrined in the U.S. Constitution.

The stakes have risen: When hopes for tax extensions in a June special election died, the projected deficit for California community colleges doubled

Students at City College and community colleges across California fear increased financial pressure after attempts by Gov. Jerry Brown to implement tax extensions in a special election were blocked by Republican members of the state legislature.

California’s broken juvenile justice system: Proposal to cut state’s system brings up ghosts of youth torture

Gov. Jerry Brown’s January proposal to eliminate the Division of Juvenile Justice was one way of grappling with the state’s more than $25 billion budget shortfall, hoping counties could gradually absorb all youth prisoners leaving the state’s system.