Angela Davis

Angela Davis, 42, is a feminist, author and perennial vice presidential candidate on the Communist Party U.S.A. ticket. She first drew world attention when the Free Angela campaign emerged after her arrest for murder in connection with a 1970 shoot-out at the Marin County Courthouse. Today she teaches ethics and women’s studies at San Francisco … Read more

Anti-Trump protesters rally again in cities across the country

Protesters denounce President Trump’s policies on Saturday in New York. (Joseph Frederick / Associated Press) Opponents of the Trump administration took to the streets of communities large and small across the U.S. on Saturday, decrying what they see as threats to the nation’s democratic ideals. The disparate events included rallies in midtown Manhattan and in … Read more

A Cover-Up as Shameful as Tillman’s Death

Once again it has taken grieving relatives to point out that the Bush administration will exploit even a heroic death for its own partisan purposes. As with the widows of Sept. 11 who demanded that our obfuscating leaders investigate what went wrong on that terrible day, or the wounded Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch, who resisted … Read more

Column: Laugh it up, Republicans, but a soda tax is a serious response to a deadly serious problem

Conservatives found much to chuckle about after Democratic state lawmakers last week proposed, once again, a tax on sugary sodas, along with limits on cup sizes. “We get it, too much sugar isn’t great for you,” Assembly Republicans said in a smirking, smart-alecky statement. “But what’s next — criminalizing pizzas over 18 inches? A Dorito … Read more

Lobbyists Tied to Microsoft Wrote Citizens’ Letters

Letters purportedly written by at least two dead people landed on the desk of Utah Atty. Gen. Mark Shurtleff earlier this year, imploring him to go easy on Microsoft Corp. for its conduct as a monopoly. The pleas, along with about 400 others from Utah citizens, are part of a carefully orchestrated nationwide campaign to … Read more

Legislator’s Wife Shot; Rival Candidate Is Arrested

A legislative candidate was arrested Monday and charged with attempted murder in the shooting of his opponent’s wife. Police said her husband was the intended target. Eric Kaplan, 28, also was charged with aggravated battery and firing into an occupied home. He was jailed on $100,000 bail. Judith Starks, the 47-year-old wife of Republican state … Read more

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