A San Francisco judge on Monday declared California’s ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional, the first such ruling in the state’s history and the first in a legal battle that is now destined for the appellate courts.

From Danny Schechter, the News Dissector Now I Know Why MoveOn Has No Use for WMD It seems that MoveOn which played to anti-war sentiment to build its membership base has now decided to drop the issue on the belief…

US bans Sinn Fein from fundraising in States Sinn Fein, the political ally of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) has been banned from fundraising in the United States, The Times newspaper reported on Monday, citing diplomatic sources. Ted Kennedy cancels…

‘Influentials’ disproportionately read blogs BlogAds’ second annual survey of blog readers showed the blog audience getting a bit older, a little richer a tad more female. Most interestingly, the survey showed that the blog audience contains a very disproportionate number…

From the national ANSWER Coalition comes information on US demonstrations planned for next Sat., March 19. Actions will also be taking place in many more cities. as well as in cities across the planet. San Francisco The International Longshore and Warehouse Union…

Irritated Iraqis wait for new government to arise Nearly six weeks after a landmark election, no administration has formed and people who risked their lives to vote wonder why they did. Talks on Iraq government fail Iraq’s leading parties said…

Two Afghan prisoners who died in American custody in Afghanistan in December 2002 were chained to the ceiling, kicked and beaten by American soldiers in sustained assaults that caused their deaths, according to Army criminal investigative reports that have not…