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Rallies Planned Nationwide as MoveOn PAC Mobilizes Opposition
New TV Ad Slams Republican Move To Control Federal Courts; Rallies Planned Nationwide as MoveOn PAC Mobilizes Opposition...
Posted: Mon, Apr 25, 2005 11:20pm PDT
"REAL ID" and Ag Jobs Update and One More Call to Action
"REAL ID" and Ag Jobs Update and One More Call to Action:
One More Chance to Defeat the "REAL ID Act"...
Posted: Mon, Apr 25, 2005 7:17pm PDT
Protest PayDay Loansharking & Wells Fargo (audio/mpeg 9.9MB)
Demonstration coverage of Wells Fargo's complicity in predatory loan practices with PayDay loansharks...
Posted: Mon, Apr 25, 2005 1:03pm PDT
Closing arguments tomorrow in pepper spray by Q tip trial
Pepper Spray By Q-Tip Trial Will Go To Jury This Week
Closing Arguments Expected Tuesday...
Posted: Mon, Apr 25, 2005 9:41am PDT
Radical Perspectives for May Day and Beyond
Bored by the prospect of another May Day “celebration” that threatens to be neither enjoyable nor interesting, a few radicals in Portland, Oregon have decided to shake things up as they can....
Posted: Mon, Apr 25, 2005 4:22am PDT
Golden Gate Park Update & Mumia's Birthday (audio/mpeg 6.9MB)
Golden Gate Park Privatization & Mumia's Birthday...
Posted: Sun, Apr 24, 2005 9:34pm PDT
Judicial Nominees: One Step Closer to Catastrophe
The U.S. Senate Judiciary committee, on a straight party-line vote, agreed to send two controversial appellate court nominees to the Senate floor for a confirmation vote: Janice Rogers Brown for U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and Priscilla Owen for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit....
Posted: Sat, Apr 23, 2005 1:14pm PDT
Microsoft's switch on gay bill stirs anger
What was supposed to be a quiet withdrawal of support for a gay rights bill is causing an outcry from the LGBT community against Microsoft, a company long regarded as being at the forefront of fostering equality....
Posted: Sat, Apr 23, 2005 1:11pm PDT
Spring rebellions show student-workers, unions and community a potent force
Although carefully concealed or downplayed by the big business media, burgeoning campus rebellions and related struggles are rising to a fever pitch across the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and elsewhere....
Posted: Fri, Apr 22, 2005 5:54pm PDT
Pepper Spray Trial Interview (audio/mpeg 7.3MB)
Interview with Plaintiff Spring Lundberg on Friday April 22, 2005...
Posted: Fri, Apr 22, 2005 5:32pm PDT
Special Education--IDEA and No Child Left Behind
In light of the current national discussion on special education for students with disabilities and No Child Left Behind, the National Council on Disability (NCD) again puts forward its timely paper of May 17, 2004, Improving Educational Outcomes for Students with Disabilities....
Posted: Fri, Apr 22, 2005 4:31pm PDT
Does KQED Have A Conflict of Interest?
Is KQED Conflict of Interest Coincidental? This morning I got answers to some of my questions and now I have even more questions....
Posted: Fri, Apr 22, 2005 1:19pm PDT
Controversy sparked on Microsoft's stance on gay-rights bill
Even as the bill banning discrimination against gays and lesbians failed by a single vote in the state Senate yesterday, a sideshow was springing up around Microsoft's withdrawal of support for the measure....
Posted: Fri, Apr 22, 2005 10:38am PDT
Soldier Convicted in Deadly Attack on His Camp
A military jury convicted an Army sergeant of premeditated murder and attempted murder on Thursday for killing two of his comrades and wounding 14 others in an attack on his own camp in Kuwait at the start of the Iraq war....
Posted: Fri, Apr 22, 2005 12:13am PDT
Oppose Real ID Act
congressional switchboard at (202) 224-3121...
Posted: Fri, Apr 22, 2005 12:08am PDT
ACLU/SC Sues Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff For Infringing on Whistleblower Rights
Aviation security experts and whistleblowers lend support for Federal Air Marshals' rights to expose security lapses and increase public safety...
Posted: Thu, Apr 21, 2005 11:23pm PDT
Pentagon Supports Repeal Of Sodomy Law
The Pentagon has recommended repeal of the military's ban on consensual sodomy, Article 125 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice....
Posted: Thu, Apr 21, 2005 1:07pm PDT
Against Rightwing Demagogues
Migrants did not only serve Nazis as scapegoats. As the fascists declared the Jews scapegoats, their grandchildren today blame foreigners for unemployment and social cuts. We need a literacy campaign against the social demagogues of the right wing....
Posted: Thu, Apr 21, 2005 7:16am PDT
Texas Moves To Ban Gays From Being Foster Parents
A Texas lawmaker has revived a bill to ban gays and lesbians from serving as foster parents - tacking it onto a child welfare bill and pushing it through a vote in the House....
Posted: Thu, Apr 21, 2005 12:23am PDT
PepperSpray Trial Update (audio/mpeg 5.2MB)
Plaintiff Spring Lundberg interviewed by David Grace on the 20th of April, 2005....
Posted: Wed, Apr 20, 2005 9:00pm PDT