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Summer science students monitor pollution in Oakland’s Courtland Creek 26 Aug 2013 | 06:55 am
http://oaklandlocal.com/2013/08/summer-science-students-fix-up-local-creek/ Oakland students participating in the East Bay Academy for Young Scientists program this summer didn’t just learn about eco...
Force-feeding prisoners in Calif & Guantánamo solves nothing 26 Aug 2013 | 06:53 am
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/22/california-prison-hunger-strike-force-feed A far better option than force-feeding is to actually address some of the concerns the prisoners are st...
State, prison guards reach deal on new contract 26 Aug 2013 | 06:50 am
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/08/25/5678749/state-prison-guards-reach-deal.html • Provides a 4 percent pay raise, effective Jan. 1, 2015. • Replaces the current threshold for overtime in which officers...
New computer system delays food stamp benefits 26 Aug 2013 | 06:48 am
http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20130825/ARTICLES/130829894 Problem affects 300 families in Henderson County
As a Democrat, I Am Disgusted with President Obama 26 Aug 2013 | 06:46 am
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/democrat-i-am-disgusted-president-Obama Never did I imagine that you would instead become another Richard Nixon: imperial, secretive, vindictive, untrustwort...
DHS: 44% of Android Users Are Vulnerable to Security Breaches 26 Aug 2013 | 06:43 am
http://www.businessinsider.com/android-security-vulnerability-2013-8 The July 23 bulletin, obtained by the website Public Intelligence, reveals that Android — as the most widely used mobile OS — cont...
Seeing 'New Jim Crow' Placards Seized by Police & More From the March on Washington 26 Aug 2013 | 06:40 am
http://www.thenation.com/blog/175890/seeing-new-jim-crow-placards-seized-police-more-march-washington#axzz2d2EfMMVr As Representative Nancy Pelosi spoke, it was difficult to not think of her defens.....
New lobbying bill will affect charities' ability to campaign on political issues 26 Aug 2013 | 06:35 am
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/aug/25/lobbying-bill-charities-campaign-election The Electoral Commission, Britain's elections watchdog, has concluded that government plans to curb political...
India's economic downturn leaves middle classes fearing the worst 26 Aug 2013 | 06:31 am
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/25/india-economic-downturn-fear-worst Price rises, the falling rupee and a huge balance of payments deficit have prompted predictions of a full-blown economi...
Krugman On The Inevitable Decline Of Apple & Microsoft 26 Aug 2013 | 06:27 am
http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2013/08/25/paul-krugman-on-the-inevitable-decline-of-apple-and-microsoft/ Now, unlike Microsoft, Apple isn’t selling an inferior product. But it’s selling prod...
