California
California looks to pass Homeowner’s Bill of Rights
March 21, 2012In a counterattack against Wall Street, grassroots groups and state leaders joined forces to exact significant concessions from the big banks.
Read more“Levitated Mass”: Art or environmental crime?
March 15, 2012The sheer grandiosity of the project - the nightly slow motion parade through 22 cities, the $10-to-$20 million price tag - provoked new conversations about the validity of Earth Art,
Read moreCalif. students rally to save higher education
March 5, 2012Signs proclaimed, "Save our university!" "Cut fees now, save public education!" and "Millionaires tax of 2012,"
Read moreCourt hears new challenge to anti-affirmative action measure
February 15, 2012Driver said 209 made possible "resegregation of higher education" and a "new Jim Crow" in California.
Read moreMarriage equality moves forward in California
February 7, 2012A federal appeals court ruled Feb. 7 that California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.
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