Nick Thacker - Bay Area Current

Bay Area Artist Enrique Chagoya on Art and Hope

There’s a difference between art made from deep introspection and art which is merely inoffensive, capitalist decoration.

John Sheridan Jun 1, 2026

Culture

Whatever is on Spotify is not all that there is.

Gabriel Lopez May 27, 2026

Labor

AFSCME 3299 open-ended strike averted, union overwhelmingly votes 'yes' on contract with UC system.

Brooke Helena Kirchner May 22, 2026

Nick Thacker is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America and a PhD student of History of Consciousness at UC Santa Cruz. He lives in Oakland.

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Opinion

This is the future that Catholics, communists, socialists, and queers want.

Nick Thacker Aug 21, 2025