OUNCE OF PREVENTIONThese Heroes Try to Stop Mass Shootings Before They HappenIn “Trigger Points,” Mark Follman studies the threat assessment experts use to try to identify and apprehend mass shooters before they ever load a round. Emily Wilson
BUCKING THE ODDSHow This Man Flipped the Foreclosure Capital of AmericaStockton, CA, was always on the “worst” lists, where no one expected anything good to happen. Now that’s all changed, thanks in large part to the determination of Michael Tubbs.Emily Wilson
‘LET IT GO’The Party Returns to San Francisco, Confetti Cannons and AllPost-pandemic, San Francisco clubs and nightlife are beginning to return to vibrant life. “I want it to feel like we’re coming home,” party promoter and activist Juanita More says.Emily Wilson
OUT OF THE SHADOWSHow Three Powerful Black Mothers Helped Shape US HistoryA new book makes the case for how Louise Little, Alberta King, and Berdis Baldwin raised their sons to become extraordinary leaders.Emily Wilson
‘Their Presence’How Dawoud Bey Photographed the Truths of Black AmericaWhen Dawoud Bey started photographing black subjects he wanted to show them in a positive light. Then he decided to “just try and describe clearly the people in front of me.”Emily Wilson
PASSION PLAY‘The Daughters’ Reveals the Lesbians Who Changed History“I hadn’t seen a play or history of my people," says Patricia Cotter—so she wrote ‘The Daughters’ which evokes a grand sweep of lesbian history, including the Daughters of Bilitis.Emily Wilson
SPACESan Francisco Creates World’s First Transgender DistrictThe creation of Compton’s Transgender Cultural District is to stop the displacement of trans people from a place they were traditionally welcomed in, and to teach trans history.Emily Wilson
PIONEERThe First Woman to Draw Wonder WomanOne of the first female cartoonists to succeed in a male-dominated field, Robbins somehow also found time to make clothes for Mama Cass and show up in a Joni Mitchell song.Emily Wilson
VoicesThe Secret History of the Gold RushWhen Peter Sellars and John Adams conceived ‘Girls of the Golden West,’ their opera about the 1850s Gold Rush, they were inspired by the modern-day gold rush in Silicon Valley.Emily Wilson
FUNNY LINESFor New Yorker Cartoonist Art, Life, & Laughter Are the SameAn exhibition of the cartoons of Roz Chast, currently at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, celebrates her unique blend of familial love and laughter.Emily Wilson
