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Historic victory for marriage equality

SAN FRANCISCO — Supporters of marriage equality are celebrating this week, after the California Supreme Court’s historic May 15 decision that a ban on marriage between same-sex couples is unconstitutional discrimination. In a decision some observers...

Yes, we did: Obama hits delegate milestone as primaries near end

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Oregon and Kentucky primary voters May 20 gave Barack Obama the majority of elected delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention, virtually assuring his nomination as that party’s candidate for the presidency. Even...

Opinion: Over farming

A Southern battleground for Communists and other heroes

BOOKREVIEW “Defying Dixie, The Radical Roots of Civil Rights 1919-1950” By Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore W.W. Norton & Company, 2008, Hardcover, 640 pp.Professor Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore’s book, “Defying Dixie, The Radical Roots of Civil Rights 1919-1950,” creates...

What will we eat when the soil is gone?

More than one environmental crisis threatens our planet. While most of our collective attention is focused on global warming and climate change, the topsoil which sustains life is quickly eroding. On average, the Earth’s land surface...