Last week, KQED wrote about a new budget calculator released by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) that attempts to offer a contrast to the Federal Poverty Guidelines, which say a family of four is “officially” poor only if it earns less than $23,550. What EPI hoped to do was illustrate that in plenty of places […]
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Bring on the sunshine!
Summer is as good as here in San Francisco, which means it’s time for the San Francisco Public Press to kick off its Sunshine Membership Drive. As you dust off your barbecue grill and start packing your Memorial Day picnic, we hope you’ll take a moment to send a little sunshine our way — by […]
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Employment Program for Undocumented Immigrants Only a Temporary Fix
While politicians in Washington are hashing out a framework for immigration reform, a program launched last year that provides short-term work authorization for undocumented immigrants is making the news in California. A story from New America Media this week says the crisis in adult education services in California could prove to be an impediment to thousands […]
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Fall membership drive – LAST DAY!
This is it. It’s the last day of our fall membership drive, and your last chance to help us reach our goal of adding 25 members, and to own one of these reusable shopping totes with our logo. We’re still just a few members shy of meeting our goal. We hope you will help us […]
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Two days left of our membership drive!
We’re in the final stretch of our fall membership drive, which runs through Wednesday, Oct. 31. We’d like to give a big THANK YOU to our newest members and renewers — your support is greatly appreciated. With just two days left, we are six members away from reaching our goal of adding 25 members during […]
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News Quiz Night on Sept. 27!
Are you a pub quiz pro? A local news junkie? Show off your big brain and support local public-interest journalism — come to News Quiz Night, a zany, interactive fundraiser for the San Francisco Public Press! Purchase tickets here: http://newsquiznight2012.eventbrite.com/ THANK YOU to our sponsors who have donated products or services to News Quiz Night, a fundraiser […]
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Regional transit panel rejects free Fast Passes for low-income S.F. youth
A pilot program to give the city’s low-income youth a free Fast Pass to ride Muni will not happen as planned. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission voted 8-7 Wednesday against giving $4 million to help Muni fund a $9 million pilot program. The commission had been debating for months on whether or not to give the […]
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Police department honors officers for valor
CLARIFICATION 6/12/12: This story omitted a fact about the confrontation with suspect Kenneth Harding: He was shot in the incident and was taken to San Francisco General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead two hours later. Police later said Harding shot himself. Police pointed to the bullet they found, which did not match the size of […]
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Public Press on ‘Dan Rather Reports’
In early April, the San Francisco Public Press was featured on “Dan Rather Reports” in a segment titled “Taxing News.” The segment focused on the Public Press and other nonprofit journalism startups’ struggle to gain nonprofit status from the IRS. Though the Public Press currently accepts tax-deductible donations through the San Francisco-based Independent Arts & Media, independent […]
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Behind the Scenes: News Partnerships
The Public Press partners with more than 30 nonprofit news and civic organizations to expand our coverage of community issues. We feature news reporting, edited text from radio programs, graphics and photos from these partners on sfpublicpress.org and in our quarterly ad-free newspaper. We talked about partnerships recently with Lydia Chávez, managing editor at Mission Local, a bilingual nonprofit news […]