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The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University

Xpress Magazine

The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University

Xpress Magazine

District 1 Supervisor Connie Chan at a San Francisco Candidate Forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of San Francisco, in the Mission Bay Conference Center on Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (Giselle Garza Lerma / Xpress Magazine)

A Conversation With Connie Chan

Ben Rubin, Staff Reporter
May 15, 2026

In June, San Francisco residents will vote in a top-two primary election for the 11th Congressional District to decide which two candidates will be on November’s general election ballot to replace former...

Service Employees International Union and teachers join the United Educators of San Francisco teacher strike, in front of the War Memorial Veterans Building in San Francisco on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026. (Giselle Garza Lerma / Xpress Magazine)

Opinion: A Growing Demand for Change

Josh Miranda, Staff Reporter
February 22, 2026

10:30 a.m. usually signals a break for recess, but instead, in San Francisco hundreds of schoolchildren picketed alongside their parents, teachers and classmates demanding improved working conditions and...

Mohamed Ali poses for a photo inside his RV on Sept. 25, 2025 in Daly City.  (Jolie Willson / Xpress Magazine)

One Last Stop

Asé Mora, Staff Reporter
October 6, 2025

Lake Merced’s RV community has been fighting the city for the last 13 years according to Carlos Perez, a 56-year-old RV resident and truck driver.  “It touched my heart when I saw families with...

A crowd of protestors gathers outside of Mashouf Field during Charlie Kirk’s “American Comeback Tour” on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (Haley Abarca / Xpress Magazine)

What’s the Deal with Campus Speakers?

Olivia Mendez, Managing Editor
September 22, 2025

In 2004, Utah Valley State College (now Utah Valley University) became a hotbed of political discourse when student council members hosted liberal documentary filmmaker Michael Moore for an on-campus event...

ICCE Senior Coordinator Edel Vaovasa, center, at the Bats, Ballots, and Brews: Voter Registration Drive event in Malcolm X Plaza at SF State on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. The event, sponsored by the Institute for Civic & Community Engagement, promoted student voter registration and participation in the upcoming general elections. (Photo courtesy of Skye McMullen)

To vote or not to vote

Luke Cramer, Staff Writer
November 4, 2024

Election season is here, and with it comes speculation on the extent to which young Americans — a notoriously democratic but non-voting group — will participate. It’s a common sentiment that this...

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