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Four big squares marked “vacant” sat alongside photos of remaining board members on the California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) web site this week. It seems the squares’ former occupants (two Republicans and two Democrats) had the nerve to vote against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposal to privatize pensions of all new state workers, including teachers, into a 401(k)-type system starting in 2007, and his proposal to shift onto local school districts the state’s contribution t...

Controversy has been brewing this year, since the news came out that in one episode, called "Sugartime!," Buster goes to Vermont and learns about making maple syrup. Buster is visiting Karen, who used to work with his mom. Karen's partner is a woman named Gillian, and they have kids. (!!!)...

The Governor of Colorado has called for his "termination." Fox's Bill O'Reilly has attacked him consistently for weeks. He says he won't apologize and he won't back down. We speak with Ward Churchill, the professor at the center of the controversy over free speech and academic freedom on college campuses....

BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Two vegetarian activists convicted of libeling fast-food giant McDonald's Corp. did not receive a fair trial in Britain, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday...

At the end of a massive student protest (80,000 people) in Paris on February 15, 2005, hundreds of youths threw objects at riot police, smashed shop windows, trashed cars and looted goods. 24 people were arrested by police, and eight remain in custody. 30 police were wounded and eight were hospitalized. Student union protest marshals used batons to attack youths who were breaking windows and looting....

Ward Churchill has a right to speak about 9/11. And Ward Churchill is right about 9/11....

organization dedicated to the dissemination of information that exposes Bill O'Reilly for what he is: an ego-driven, biased individual who spreads fear, hate and misunderstanding. His views are firmly anchored to the political right. He works tirelessly to enrage Americans and pit them against anything he considers "liberal" or, worse yet, "secular". Mr. O'Reilly uses highly manipulative forms of presentation, phrasing and, yes, "spin"....

On only her second day at work Margaret Spellings, Rod Paige’s replacement as U.S. Education Secretary, made her mark — she condemned PBS for producing a children’s television show that included two families headed by lesbian couples. Unlike her predecessor in his infamous comment on the National Education Association, however, Spellings stopped short of calling the popular cartoon rabbit “Buster” a terrorist....

Memorial to commemorate murders of Coke union leaders....

All of us who surround those who were involved in AIM since the early 70's have known it was coming, or rather “they” would come for them again. There is no shock in the recent campaign to discredit Ward Churchill. Most of all, we are sure Mr. Churchill himself knew it was coming sooner or later....