ANSWER LA partipated in the Christopher Street West parade in West Hollywood yesterday, making a political statement in a festival that has perhaps lost track of its political roots. Our chant of “He’s racist, sexist, anti-gay/George Bush go away” got…

Is Meth Mouth, a new plague? Maybe not. It sounds like Phossy Jaw, a grotesque malady common among the workers in matchbook factories in the late 1800’s. It was caused by the phosphorus used in matches. Phosphorus is also used…

RJ Bull emails Trying to get some play on this story of a defense contractor giving a $700,000 gift (bribe) to a right wing California congressman. The Copley News Service broke a story today in the San Diego Union Tribune…

LA mayor elect Villaraigosa helped broker an agreement between the hotel unions and hotels. The workers got about everything they asked for!  The proposed contract would expire Nov. 30, 2006, a key victory for union leaders who have insisted that their pact…

Burma has perhaps the most thuggish, repressive government on the planet. Dissidents are routinely raped, tortured, and imprisoned. Secret police and informants are everywhere. Even more scandalous is how little fuss is made by the G7, the EU and the…

Memo: U.S. lacked full postwar Iraq plan.  A briefing paper prepared for British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his top advisers eight months before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq concluded that the U.S. military was not preparing adequately for what…