“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
Nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” — Dr. Seuss, The Lorax …

Assemblyman Jared Huffman of San Rafael ran away with first place in Tuesday’s primary election for the new 2nd District congressional seat, but there remains some uncertainty about who Huffman will face in the November general election.

Huffman has 37.3 percent of the vote and Tiburon investment adviser Dan Roberts, the only Republican in the 12-candidate race, holds second place with a 15.3 percent share.

But West Marin progressive activist and author Norman Solomon, who is in …

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Primary season is almost at an end after last nights elections in 5 states including California. Utah is the last of the 50 states to go to the polls in two weeks on June 26th.

In California, the new open primary system predictably resulted in giving voters the choice of only two candidates from one party in November. In the closely …

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Long time political prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal has just published his last work while on death row called Message to the Movement. The award winning journalist was moved to the General prison population earlier this year in Pennsylvania where he is serving out a life sentence. It took years of activism and legal proceedings before Philadelphia’s District Attorney’s office announced …

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A massive experimental drone designed by Boeing Co. engineers to fly for up to four days at a time completed its first test flight above the Mojave Desert at Edwards Air Force Base.

The drone, called Phantom Eye, and its hydrogen-fueled propulsion system have the potential to vastly expand the reach of military spy craft. The longest that reconnaissance planes can stay in the air now is about 30 hours.

In the test flight, which took place …

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Redrawn Congressional districts, a new open primary system, and races pitting Democrat against Democrat promise to make tomorrow’s California primary one of the most interesting in recent memory.

In Los Angeles two long-time congressmen, Brad Sherman and Howard Berman, both Democrats, are fighting for control over the newly drawn 30th district in the San Fernando Valley. The two have raised …

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RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories — Palestinian prisoners in Israel are threatening to relaunch a hunger strike, a Palestinian official said on Sunday, blaming Israel for reneging on a deal that ended a recent one.

“There are still provocations in the prisons, and the prisoners are threatening to resume the strike if the situation remains as it is,” Palestinian prisoners minister Issa Qaraqaa said at a press conference in Ramallah.

Some 1,550 Palestinians imprisoned in Israel ended a hunger …

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“The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community.” — William James …

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A year of popular organizing and partisan showdowns is ramping up to a photo-finish conclusion in the Wisconsin recall election to be held on Tuesday to determine if Governor Scott Walker will keep his office. A Marquette Law School Poll conducted last weekend found Walker, in office for only one year before facing a recall, leading with 52% of the …

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