Cops Take All the Money f/ Cynthia Fong and Jenica Garcia (Lavender Phoenix) and Anya W. (People's Budget Coalition)*

The government is putting queers on lists and hunting undocumented people at the Home Depot parking lot. Have you ever felt so seen? Sad Francisco Surveillance State Correspondent Ian Firstenberg returns to talk about our current dystopia, but it's not all bad news: people are destroying FLOCK cam…

One of our tech overlords, Mark Zuckerberg recently published a manifesto in the Wall Street Journal describing why we should cheerlead him on his quest for infinite growth and profits. Eddie Kim writes for the anti-generative AI outlet Gazetteer SF, and several of his recent pieces contend with …

What was the filmic movement called mumblecore? Jemma Decristo and dee(dee) c. ardan offer an abridged history of the post-college-centric genre that went mainstream in the early 2000s. One of few mumblecore movies with a Black director and Black leads is 2008's indie romance Medicine for Melancho…

In 2026, dead internet theory—the idea that most of the internet is bots and AI-generated content—is more reality than theory. Matthew Lawson co-hosts Eating For Free—a podcast critiquing American culture and politics through the lens of pop culture—with Paper Magazine editor Joan Summers. In the…