Human rights lawyers file a racketeering lawsuit against two U.S. military contractors — accusing them of conspiring to torture, rape, and kill Iraqi prisoners…
The Santa Cruz City Council calls for a probe and the possible impeachment of defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld over the torture and abuse of Iraqi prisoners…
San Francisco supervisor’s president Matt Gonzalez condemns last night’s mass arrests by police of biotech protestors…
Two Contra Costa parcel tax measures win overwhelming approval — they’ll fund county schools and prevent the shutdown of doctor’s hospital in San Pablo.
A State Senate committee votes to bar public schools from using the term Redskins as a team name or mascot…
The organization of American states opens the way for an investigation into the overthrow of Haitian president Jean Bertrand Aristide..