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Boycotts are more effective when there is a functioning democracy in a given state; but when people have no recourse but demonstrations in the streets, the best we can do…
City Attorney Dennis Herrera and Alameda Prosecutor Sharmin Bock each garnered the DCCC's second-place endorsement in their respective races for mayor and district attorney. No other candidates were endorsed.
At this point and much to my surprise there was a lot of booing and hissing from the audience. I thought at first that it was because Lee had just…
In February 1982, Hafez ordered the Syrian army to bombard the town of Hama in order to quell a revolt by the Muslim Brotherhood. In what became known as the…
Proponents and volunteers gathered 12,869 signatures in less than five weeks to qualify the initiative, despite operatives from Recology – the holder of the City’s highly lucrative garbage collection monopoly…
Ron Paul (barely) - Paul landed less than a single percentage point behind Bachmann (although your wouldn’t know it from the conservative media’s instant anointment of Bachmann, Romney and Perry…
A cool as a cucumber Avalos shows he's no cycling novice, shown fixing punctures and riding his bicycle without using his hands. Not sure if Board Prez and fellow mayoral…