San Francisco No Longer Sweat-Free
Tom Hayden : Sweatshops
The city has backed away from its longstanding commitment to avoid procuring city workers' garments from offshore sweatshops.

Tom Hayden : Sweatshops
The city has backed away from its longstanding commitment to avoid procuring city workers' garments from offshore sweatshops.
Three new books reappraise the massive earthquake of 1906, which was felt across an area of 400,000 miles and leveled much of San Francisco.
Jeff Chester : Internet & New Media
Google and other telecom giants are wooing cities with plans to create public Wi-Fi grids. But there's no such thing as a free digital lunch: The price we pay is a loss of online privacy.
David L. Kirp : Education Policy & Reform
San Francisco recently launched universal preschool,
designed to make young participants higher earners and better citizens
when they reach adulthood. If successful, San Francisco's initiative
could make preschool as commonplace as kindergarten.



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