CounterPULSE Blog

December 19
Rick Prelinger of the Prelinger Archive and Library returns to reprise his popular show from last year, with some new surprises. Drawing from silent and early sound films, exuberant early 1960s city views, diverse home movies and industrial films, this program includes rarely-seen views of San Francisco and invites the audience to help identify [...]

December 12
Newsrooms are hamstrung by the business practices of Wall Street and Big Media, even as newspaper circulation declines and TV news continues the race to the bottom. Both the San Francisco Chronicle and San Jose Mercury News recently laid off large portions of their newsroom staff. The Internet is vulnerable to the same marketplace [...]