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Retired revolutionary makes good

Tommy Tompkins came west to be a radical, and succeeded—in the world of alt-weeklies

I copped weed from the San Francisco Buyers’ Club, off a landline phone tip from a legendary pol. It’s easier if we don’t discuss my regrettable lie at the proto-dispensary door, but the experience might be the most alt-weekly thing I’ve done.

The late-20th century phenomenon known as America’s alternative weekly newspapers are having a moment in 2024 cu…

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