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The Jewish ‘Red Angel’ Who Withstood Incarceration for Workers’ Rights
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Jury Finds That Live Nation Acted as a Monopoly and Overcharged for Tickets

The antitrust suit alleged the company controlled too much, at the expense of venues, artists and fans.
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What Draws People Into Cults? A New Book Tracks Two Followers

Harrison Hill's new book ‘The Oracle's Daughter’ is a story about the terror of losing the self.
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A Rising Star Chef Trains San Francisco’s Next Generation of Bakers

Rize Up Bakery’s Azikiwee Anderson teaches Bayview youth how to make artisan bread — for free.
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My First A’s Game in West Sacramento

I love baseball and I hate that the A’s left Oakland. Here’s my attempt to grapple with it all.
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In ‘Mother Mary,’ a Pop Star’s Costume Crisis Turns Existential

Michaela Coel and Anne Hathaway star in a fitfully spellbinding chamber drama about a pop star’s wardrobe.
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What’s the Future of the Many Cesar Chavez Murals in San Francisco?

While the call for renaming came swiftly, the disgraced labor leader’s visual legacy remains more uncertain.
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In Steven Soderbergh’s ‘The Christophers,’ an Aging Artist Meets His Match

The twisty dramedy, starring Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel, concerns artistic legacy itself.
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