California's problems are well beyond the curative powers of any one governor. If Jerry Brown wins in November, there's no need to nourish foolish hopes.

George Soros's gift of $100 million to Human Rights Watch doesn't come without strings attached.

After seven years, America's occupation of Iraq is a failure.

Will the BP spill prove to be Judgment Day for the decades of growing corporate rule over government?

Border control is a fact of life for many human rights activists and political leaders. And it is a daily, humiliating reality for Palestinians and their relatives.

We're back to Bush-lite.

As laws and DEA enforcement strategies change, so, too, do the fortunes of Northern California's Humboldt County.

The petite bourgeoisie are legitimately pissed off.