Activists applaud Obama, renew push for DREAM Act
Undocumented young people - the DREAMers - see the president's move as a result of their more than two years of organizing.
"Vagina voters" speak out at Michigan Capitol
When the final votes are tallied on Nov. 6, Michigan Republicans may rue the day they barred State Reps. Lisa Brown and Barb Byrum from speaking.
Obama ends threat of deportation for one million
President Obama today issued a sweeping new directive stopping in its tracks the possible deportation of as many as one million young immigrants.
EPA considers banning frog-poisoning herbicide
Atrazine has been banned in the European Union since 2004, but in the U.S., approximately 80 million pounds of it are used during a year.
California takes another step toward marriage equality
California took one more step on the road toward marriage equality this week.
Appeals court rules Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional
A federal appeals court declared that the DOMA unconstitutionally denies benefits to married gay couples, a ruling all but certain to wind up before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Mariela Castro in San Francisco: Cuba moving toward LGBT equality
Mariela Castro Espin told a standing-room-only crowd of the progress Cuba has made toward equal rights for its LGBT community.
Did Dharun Ravi verdict bring justice for Tyler Clementi?
Tyler Clementi, a freshman at Rutgers University, where I have taught for 41 years, committed suicide.
Activists abuzz over Bayer’s bee killing
Some 90+ activists gathered in San Pablo Park in West Berkeley, California, near where one of the Bayer facilities was located, to protest the company's insect-killing.
