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San Francisco Retirement System to vote on Divestment from Predatory Lending; Monica Kenney, ACCE member, Foreclosure Fighter and Wells Victim, and Buck Bagot, ACCE member, Foreclosure Fighter and co-founder of Occupy Trial over lead in . . . Baby food; James Wheaton, attorney, Environmental Law Foundation Springtime gardening in the Bay Area; David Cody, permaculture … Continued
Bee Deaths;Eric Mussen, Extension apiculturist at the Laidlaw Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis Margaret Thatcher dies at 87; Jonathan Rose, professor of history at Drew University City of Oakland rolls out a municipal I.D. card; Jean Quan, mayor of Oakland, and Michelle Jun, a senior staff attorney with Consumers Union
Guatemalan President General Efrain Rios Montt on trial for genocide; Almudena Bernabeu, International Attorney, with The Center for Justice and Accountability — currently working on the Rios Montt case. Push in Sacramento to kill “Enterprise Zone” tax credits; Jerry Hill , democrat representing California’s 13th Senate district You are what you click; David Auerbach
UN Passes Global Arms Treaty
Stockton Bankruptcy; Bob Benedetti, Professor of Political Science at the University of the Pacific Immigration: AFL-CIO reaches Guestworker Deal with Chamber of Commerce;David Bacon, labor correspondent for UpFront. World Autism awareness day: Environmental factors
California Snow Pack at 52% of Normal;Maury Roos, Chief Hydrologist with the California Department of Water Resources, and Eugene Cordero, Professor of Meteorology researching climate change and atmospheric dynamics at San Jose State University Realignment Disparities
North Korea;Paul Liem, President of the Board of the Korea Policy Institute Central Africa Republic: Generals Declare Allegiance to Coup Leadership; Mike Males, senior research fellow at the center on juvenile and criminal justice Good Friday Protest at Livermore National Laboratory; Carla West, Upfront Contributor The Religious Left;Rabbi Michael Lerner, Editor of Tikkun Magazine, chair … Continued
DOMA in the Supreme Court; Shannon Minter, Legal Director for the National Center for Lesbian Righta an an interview with Sally Kohn , Fox news contributor and progressive columnist, sallykohn.com
Prop 8 in the Supreme Court; Joan Heifetz Hollinger lecturer-in-residence at Berkeley Law, co-author of amicus briefs arguing both Prop 8 and DOMA are unconstitutional.Charles Cooper , attorney defending Proposition 8 Theodore Olson, attorney arguing Proposition 8 is unconstitutional Justice Sonia Sotomayor, in the liberal block and Justice Anthony Kennedy, considered the swing vote
