aggregated from: Fog City Journal

Single payer healthcare stalwart Rep. Dennis Kucinichsays he flipped his support for President Obama s healthcare legislation to save his presidency.Photo by Luke ThomasBy Stephen LendmanMarch 20, 2010Ideologically it believes governments must provid...

topics: affordability, budget, business, clinton, committee

aggregated from: San Francisco Sentinel

Cardinal Sean Brady hands a copy of the Pope s pastoral letter to a churchgoerat St Patrick s Cathedral in Armagh.By David BattyThe London GuardianSurvivors of child abuse by Catholic clergy in Ireland have expressed disappointment with the pope s ap...

topics: government, san-francisco

aggregated from: San Francisco Sentinel

By Natasha MozgovayaHaaretzOutsiders cannot force peace on the Middle East and any final settlement will have to be initiated by the Israelis and Palestinians themselves, Israel s Washington envoy said on Saturday. In an interview with U.S. televisio...

topics: clinton, government, housing, obama, san-francisco

aggregated from: San Francisco Sentinel

A copy of Pope Benedict XVI s pastoral letter to Irish Catholicsis displayed in St Peters Square, VaticanBy Simon Alford The London TimesThe Pope has said he is truly sorry to the Irish Catholics who suffered years of sinful and criminal sexual a...

topics: charity, election, environment, government, san-francisco

aggregated from: San Francisco Sentinel

By Riazat Butt and John HooperThe London GuardianFor Father Rupert Frania it seemed the best way. His parishioners in the Bavarian spa town of Bad T lz had just learned a terrible secret.It had been reported that one of their curates was a convicted...

topics: campaign, elected, government, san-francisco

aggregated from: AsianWeek: Bay Area

The Asian Business Association of Los Angeles is writing this letter in support of Prop 16. The Taxpayers Right to Vote is critical to keeping California from reckless spending that can happen when government controls businesses. California's ma...

topics: business, government

aggregated from: Indybay San Francisco Features

Friends and colleagues of Tristan Anderson rallied on March 15th at the Israeli Consulate in San Francisco to demand that the Israeli government take full responsibility for shooting and critically injuring Bay Area activist Tristan Anderson on March...

topics: activist, government, san-francisco

aggregated from: San Francisco Sentinel

By Paul LungenThe Canadian Jewish NewsDiaspora Jews are calling on the government of Israel to kill a bill they say would strengthen haredi Judaism at the expense of other Judaic streams and widen the gap between them and Israelis. The bill now befor...

topics: campaign, committee, conservative, government, liberal

aggregated from: SF FYI Net

March 20, 2010 - SaturdayFirst day of spring*Labor's Stake in ending the warsWhen: March 20, 3010 - Saturday10 a.m. to noonWhere: Plumbers Hall, 1621 Market Street (near Franklin Street) San FranciscoWhat: Why are we in Afghanistan? US. involvement i...

topics: aaron-peskin, attorney-general, bayview, campaign, candidate

aggregated from: San Francisco Sentinel

The U.S. House of Representatives is set to hold a crucial vote on Sunday on sweeping health care reform legislation. President Barack Obama has postponed his planned Asia-Pacific trip to Indonesia and Australia for a second time to be in Washington,...

topics: budget, congress, conservative, democrats, economy