Joe Garofoli

1 week ago | sanluisobispo.com | Joe Garofoli

You marched in Saturday's No Kings March. You yelled and chanted and carried a sign that said, "It's so bad, even introverts are here." It felt viscerally good to realize you weren't alone in these chaotic times of creeping fascism. Then the sugar high wore off and you wanted more. So now what? I-wanna-do-something-more energy was off the charts after millions participated in No Kings marches around the country, according to organizers.

1 week ago | sfchronicle.com | Joe Garofoli

A police officer extinguishes a booth after it was vandalized during a protest in response to a series of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in Los Angeles.

2 weeks ago | sfchronicle.com | Joe Garofoli

A new book by UC College of the Law San Francisco professor and author Joan Williams provides a good road map for Democrats seeking to win back working-class voters. Peter Prato/For the S.F. ChronicleIt sounds like a joke, but it isn’t. Democrats are spending $20 million on a program called SAM, or “Speaking with American Men,” to help them learn how to communicate with the demographic that is shifting the political landscape in the Trump era.

3 weeks ago | sfchronicle.com | Joe Garofoli

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz told the audience at the California Democratic Party’s 2025 convention, on Saturday at the Anaheim Convention Center, that “nobody votes for roadkill.”Damian Dovarganes/Associated PressDemocratic Party members cheer on speakers at their state convention in Anaheim. Carlin Stiehl/Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesANAHEIM — California Democrats have learned one lesson from last November’s national loss to Republicans: Voters want to see them fight.

3 weeks ago | sfchronicle.com | Joe Garofoli

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s potential successors see him as a symbol of elitism at a time when many Democrats are trying to regain working-class support. Thien-An Truong/For the S.F. ChronicleFormer U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra says he wants working-class parents to make life “better for their kids.”Andri Tambunan/For the S.F. ChronicleFormer state Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins stresses her roots as the daughter of a coal miner and a seamstress.