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California is increasingly relying on for-profit psychiatric hospitals to care for the tens of thous

“I possessed a unique ability to find suffering in even the best circumstances,” admits Atlantic wri

Who is the leader of the Democratic party? It was a question that appeared to stump Minnesota govern

The Trump Administration cut $400 million in grants to Columbia for its alleged failure to address a

Pennies are as lucky as ever, but the U.S. Mint reported losing more than $85 million last year prod

Venture capital is meant to infuse burgeoning companies with cash to grow, but instead it’s become a

Scientists who study and keep the public informed about wildfires, hurricanes, avalanches and climat

The average American student is “less than halfway to a full academic recovery” from the effects of

In 2013, Patrick Hutchison bought a derelict shack in the Cascades not far from his home in Seattle.

No band may better reflect the multicultural, gender-expansive exuberance of the Bay Area dream than

The federal agency overseeing Voice of America has placed its chief national correspondent on a paid

Linkedin co-founder Reid Hoffman is bullish on the ability of AI to improve our society and our selv

Gossip can be “juicy, strange, funny and utterly banal” and we love to hear it, whether we identify

Donald Trump takes the stage on Tuesday night, addressing Congress to make the case for his agenda,

Anger and frustration over Elon Musk’s DOGE and its drastic, legally questionable cuts to the federa

Last week, President Trump fired 6,700 IRS employees, while the chronically underfunded agency, is i

Have you ever felt so creatively connected to someone that it’s like you share the same brain? That’

Former San Francisco Chronicle reporter Kevin Fagan spent more than three decades reporting on every

You might know filmmaker, actor and comedian Robert Townsend for his roles in “The Meteor Man” and t

San Francisco author Brittany Newell’s novel “Soft Core” explores the city’s underbelly — while maki