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The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University

Xpress Magazine
The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University

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The Editors Cut: An Imperfect System and an Unsolvable Crisis
The Editors Cut: An Imperfect System and an Unsolvable Crisis
Bailey Zitko, Eddie Monares, Josh Miranda, and Bianca Sieraski • May 18, 2026
Fixing Commencement Isn’t So Simple
Eddie Monares, Senior Editor • May 15, 2026
Canvas Restored but Data Remains at Risk Following ShinyHunters Cyberattack
Josh Miranda, Claudia Perez Aguilera, and Bailey Zitko • May 8, 2026
The Hollowing of Humanities: From Exploration to Vocation
Bailey Zitko, Editor-in-Chief • April 17, 2026
An Imperfect System and an Unsolvable Crisis
Bianca Sieraski and Josh Miranda • April 17, 2026
Opinion: End Chavez Day, Not Farmworker Representation
Josh Miranda, Staff Reporter • March 25, 2026
City
Jason Young and Krystle Vea embrace each other outside their Redwood City residence on Saturday, May 2, 2026 (Asé Mora / Xpress Magazine)
The Gaps in Public Assistance
Asé Mora, Staff Reporter • May 20, 2026
Surveillance City: How SF’s Prop E Has Impacted Local Communities
Angelique Persails, Staff Reporter • May 20, 2026
Keeping The Music Alive: The Mission’s Last Latin Record Store
Ben Rubin, Staff Reporter • May 19, 2026
Entertainment Zones: How San Francisco’s Nightlife is Changing
Angelique Persails and Alex Gómez • May 19, 2026
A Conversation With Connie Chan
Ben Rubin, Staff Reporter • May 15, 2026
The Art of Slowing Down: Finding Reflection in San Francisco’s Streets
Grace Pastene, Staff Reporter • May 15, 2026
Arts & Culture
The storefront of Discodelic features a sign reading “discos viajantes de otras dimensiones” hinting at a world of records from other dimensions. (Haley Abarca special to Xpress Magazine)
Keeping The Music Alive: The Mission’s Last Latin Record Store
Ben Rubin, Staff Reporter • May 19, 2026
The Art of Slowing Down: Finding Reflection in San Francisco’s Streets
Grace Pastene, Staff Reporter • May 15, 2026
The Credits Aren’t Rolling Yet
Claudia Perez Aguilera, Copy Editor • May 14, 2026
Literally Food: How Lucho’s is Redefining What Brunch Can Mean
Bailey Zitko and Maya Latz • May 7, 2026
The Blurred Line Between San Francisco’s Tech and Music Scene
Claudia Perez Aguilera, Copy Editor • April 16, 2026
Not Your Typical After-School Program
Bianca Sieraski, Senior Digital Editor • April 16, 2026
Politics
Street camera in downtown San Francisco on May 1, 2026 (Lindsey Hoang / Xpress Magazine)
Surveillance City: How SF’s Prop E Has Impacted Local Communities
Angelique Persails, Staff Reporter • May 20, 2026

On May 30, 2020, thousands of peaceful protesters filled the streets of San Francisco following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis...

A Conversation With Connie Chan
Ben Rubin, Staff Reporter • May 15, 2026
A Conversation With Connie Chan and Saikat Chakrabarti
Ben Rubin, Staff Reporter • May 14, 2026
Memetic Warfare: How Jokes Turn into Propaganda
Angelique Persails, Staff Reporter • April 20, 2026
Just In Case: Gun Ownership in a Polarized America
Ben Rubin, Staff Reporter • April 16, 2026
Opinion: A Growing Demand for Change
Josh Miranda, Staff Reporter • February 22, 2026
Trending Stories
Memetic Warfare: How Jokes Turn into Propaganda
Angelique Persails, Staff Reporter • April 20, 2026

When the U.S. launched air strikes on Iran in conjunction with Israel, killing Iranian leader Ayatollah...

Bradley Roberge: The Photographer behind SF’s favorite erotica shop and parties
August Hammel, Contributor • May 10, 2025

Bradley Roberge sat serenely at Another Cafe in Nob Hill and, despite a varied and unorthodox career...

Bike Messengers: The Surviving Culture of a Dying Breed
Bailey Zitko, Editor-in-Chief • March 12, 2026

By 8:30 a.m., Mason Zimmerman has already placed his faith in two things: a banana and the fragile promise...

A Conversation With Connie Chan and Saikat Chakrabarti
Ben Rubin, Staff Reporter • May 14, 2026

In June, San Francisco residents will vote in a top-two primary election for the 11th Congressional District...

Churches and Clinics: Psychedelic Health
Ben Rubin, Staff Reporter • March 12, 2026

On a rainy morning in a sleepy part of the Oakland hills, Dave Hodges, founder and pastor of Zide Door...

The Gaps in Public Assistance
Asé Mora, Staff Reporter • May 20, 2026

In the early morning, Kristin Benson, a 40-year-old mother of four, woke up from her sleep in a bedroom...

Closets, Culture and Three Daughters Later: The Making of a Modern Armenian Family
Lara Magdesian, Copy Editor • May 14, 2026

It’s 2008 and I’m sitting in my living room. Dressed in a nylon-polyester dress, I look toward my...

A Conversation with Martha Kenney and Martha Lincoln: When the CSU Embraced AI, They Challenged It
Bailey Zitko, Editor-in-Chief • February 16, 2026

Martha Kenney and Martha Lincoln were already critical of AI’s negative effects on higher education...

Meet the Staff
Bailey Zitko
Bailey Zitko
Editor-in-Chief

Bailey Zitko (she/her) is the returning Spring 2026 editor-in-chief for Xpress Magazine. Previously, she was a staff reporter for Xpress and has had her work featured in The Sunset Beacon. Bailey is a...

Eliza Arthur
Eliza Arthur
Staff Photographer

Eliza Arthur (she/her) is a staff photographer for Xpress Magazine and is majoring in photojournalism and minoring in marketing and Africana studies at SF State. She has a passion for photographing people...

Payton White
Payton White
Designer

Payton White (she/her) is a designer for Xpress Magazine. Originally from Long Beach, she’s now pursuing a bachelor’s degree in visual communications at SF State and hopes to one day work in branding...

Isabella Balzarano
Isabella Balzarano
Staff Photographer

Isabella Balzarano (she/her) is a staff photographer for <em>Xpress Magazine</em>. She is majoring in journalism with a concentration in photojournalism and documentary photography. She grew...

Julian Olson
Julian Olson
Staff Photographer

Julian Olson (he/him) is a photographer for Xpress Magazine. While majoring in photo journalism here at SF State, he’s been practicing music, photography and visual storytelling for seven years, with...

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