Dem candidates run away from billionaire tax
Plus: Noise Pop diary, Bernie tackles AI in Bay Area appearance, Latine 'Rebel Forms', best Sundance documentaries, more.
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Today's headlines:
Democratic candidates run away from the billionaire tax
By Tim Redmond
Discussion of economic inequality was rare at the state convention. Our report from Moscone Center.
Noise Pop Diary: Cindy scored the reconnections, New Jazz Underground went for gold
By John-Paul Shiver
33rd indie music fest kicked off on a Bay Area high note, with friendly vibes and winning sounds.
Bernie Sanders talks about AI—and the billionaires who control it
By Tim Redmond
Plus: The DCCC holds its endorsements meeting, and the supes vote on more chain stores and an illegal $40 million luxury hotel tax break. That's The Agenda for Feb. 22-March 1.
A zap of Latine abstraction in ‘Rebel Forms’
By Marke B.
Romer Young's small but powerful show taps into possibilities of futurity, freedom, and unfettered beauty.
What we saw at Sundance 2026: 8 documentaries bringing back facts
By Jesse Hawthorne Ficks
An ode to Barbara Hammer, a women's chess champ, Marianne Faithfull's reckoning—and polar bears.
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