Why did KPFA CWA Local 9415 Members Picket the Pacifica Foundation?
Management says that the insurance company that covers Pacifica offered the firm on a list, and that Pacifica contracted with it only to handle non-labor legal work, not with the…
Women’s Rights Activists, Atheists, Protest Pope Crackdown on Nuns
The LCWR is under investigation by the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith, the Vatican agency charged with overseeing orthodoxy, which Benedict – then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger – led for more…
#OccupyTheFarm: Disobey with Great Love
With horns playing, banners flying, and traffic briefly stopping, the Earth Day march from Ohlone Park in Berkeley started off with the hallmark signs of a bay area occupy protest,…
Doonesbury Takes a Whack at Huffington Post. No Hard Feelings, Says HuffPo Bureau Chief
Trudeau is in good company: The Huffington Post has been dissed by the best, from Chris Hedges to Stephen Colbert. The first editorial cartoonist to win a Pulitzer Prize, the…
Foreclosure Fighters Occupy Wells Fargo Shareholders Meeting
As many as 500 demonstrators took aim at Wells Fargo over its corporate policies Tuesday, blocking entrances to the Merchants Exchange building in the heart of San Francisco's Financial District…
Mirkarimi Political Rivals Helped to Fund Anti-Domestic Violence Billboard Campaign
The contributions to the billboard campaign launched by La Casa De Las Madres - a city-funded non-profit organization committed to preventing domestic violence and providing support services to victims of…
Judge Denies Motion to Disqualify City Attorney in Mirkarimi Suspension Case
Mirkarimi’s defense counsel, Shepard Kopp and David Waggoner, argued in a brief filed April 11 that the City charter requires the City Attorney to defend the City and County of…