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Navid Mehdipour listens during the Q&A portion of Turning Point USA’s event featuring Riley Gaines at SF State on Thursday, April 6, 2023. Mehdipour is the president of the SF State chapter of Turning Point USA. (Miguel Francesco Carrion / Golden Gate Xpress)

The Turning Point USA Playbook

Aiden Brady
May 16, 2023

SF State rarely makes national headlines. However, for a couple of weeks this spring, the often overlooked campus became the latest battleground in the culture wars. The university was cast into an unfamiliar...

Leila Harara, student administrative assistant and Political Science student getting a masters, stands in their office in the Political Science office at 304a. (Abraham Fuentes / Xpress Magazine)

The $1.6 Trillion Crisis

Angelina Casolla, Senior Reporter
December 9, 2022

Student loan debt continues to rise, and now lies at an amount inconceivable to most, $1.6 trillion. The 13-figure number is too large for even the iPhone calculator to compute. So, what could you do with...

The Road to Freedom

The Road to Freedom

Angelina Casolla, Senior Reporter
November 21, 2022

“Did you know that letting your hair blow in the wind is a crime in Iran?” is written on a bright orange sign held high in the air. “Stop Killing Us'' is written in white letters atop a black mask...

Mayor Rod Daus-Magbual sports some city spirit as he canvasses a Daly City neighborhood, hoping to drum up support for his reelection campaign.  (Miguel Francesco Carrion / Xpress Magazine)

From the Classroom to City Hall — One Professor’s Journey to Reelection

Miguel Francesco Carrion, Staff Photographer
October 15, 2022

On an early Saturday morning, thick fog covered Daly City like a large weighted blanket, and Mayor Rod Daus-Magbual got ready to start his day. First on the agenda was a literature drop around the...

Robby Bancroft calls for movement from the crowd during a performance at Pacifica, Calif.’s Winter’s Tavern on Sept. 24, 2022. Bancroft later jumped in and joined them as they moshed and crowd surfed. (Joshua Carter / Xpress Magazine)

Political Punk

Josh Carter, GGX Editor-In-Chief
October 14, 2022

In April 2022, the band Obsolete Man played for a surging crowd of punks at Church of the Buzzard, an old warehouse in Oakland. The show had everything — from the smell of pungent body odor to old punks...

Photo by Andre Tan on Unsplash

How the pandemic changes the way we travel

Rebecca Schupp, Social Media Editor
December 16, 2020

Xpress Magazine · How the pandemic changes the way we travel The COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on travel is unlike any other downturn the aviation industry has ever faced. We sat down with Jon...

Passage of Prop 22 creates mixed emotions for workers seeking classification remedies

Passage of Prop 22 creates mixed emotions for workers seeking classification remedies

Dan DeJesus, Staff Writer
December 15, 2020

The popularity of app-based delivery services, such as Doordash and Uber Eats, have made gig work an in-demand profession. People continue to rely on gig workers to adhere to COVID-19 restrictions and...

Graphic by Ryce Stoughtenborough. Photo by Nico Marks on unsplash.

Exploring the relationship between people of color and the Democratic party

Nia Coats, Staff Writer
November 24, 2020

Winning takes strategy. In the 2020 presidential election, some politicians are open with the way they feel about people they are serving, Trump calling Black people “Blacks” or talking about “shithole...

What freshmen depression looks like during the pandemic

What freshmen depression looks like during the pandemic

Erica Gray, Staff Writer
November 22, 2020

SF State freshman Emma O’Leary was devastated when she found out over the summer that all classes in the Fall 2020 semester were going to be online. She pictured her first year in college much differently...

Jackie Fielder started using Gillibus to campaign in August as an alternative to expensive billboard advertising. On Election Day, Fielder and her volunteers rode the bus to landmark spots around San Francisco to interact with constituents. (Saylor Nedelman / Xpress Magazine)

The road to election night on the Gillibus

Malakai Wade and Saylor Nedelman
November 4, 2020

The Gillibus, a long powder blue vintage bus, sat parked at a gas station on the corner of 19th Avenue and Irving Street. On the opposite side of 19th, former California State Senate candidate for District...

FIRST VOTE

FIRST VOTE

Video by Noor Baig, Dyanna Calvario, Erica Gray, Jazzmene Lizardo, Ximena Loeza, Sebastian Mino-Bucheli, Malakai Wade, Sydney Welch, Jian Yang
November 3, 2020

In FIRST VOTE, SFSU’s multimedia journalism students featured first time voters from all across the Bay Area: Anahi Ruvalcaba, Augustine Aranda, Chanel Payne, Christian Cabang, Jordan Wong, Naya Flores,...

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