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Killer Looks Assaf, 17, used to think that cancer, among other diseases, was something inevitable –something that just happens to people. Then she got involved with Search for the Cause, an organization based in Marin whose foremost purpose is to investigate how exposure in our daily lives can increase the risk of cancer. Assaf, who is one of the front figures for Teens for Safe Cosmetics, a teen led coalition and program under Search for the Cause, started to realize how strongly people’s health is connected with their environment –the toxins they inhale, eat, drink and smear on their bodies everyday -24/7.
[ Story by Maria Bengtsson ]
Monday, Feb 19 2007 7:57 AM

Books Behind Bars Prisoners in America are not allowed to receive books from private individuals. This is due in part to a fear of smuggling contraband, such as drugs or weapons, in with the books. And prison libraries are often not well stocked. If prisoners want books they must be sent through established groups or bookstores.
[ Story by Walter Crasshole ]
Sunday, Feb 18 2007 11:29 PM

"I Don't Want to Strike but I Will!" “I didn’t go into teaching to be rich, but…I just barely broke $40,000 a year -- - this year,” she said. Tully is one of 23,000 teachers across the state who are barely making ends meet while living in one of the most expensive states in the country.
[ Story by Kimberly Castillo ]
Sunday, Feb 18 2007 9:25 PM

Academic Uprising What we are best known for over the course of our long history is our protests, our strikes, our tensions, our riots - our revolutions.
[ Story by Shannon Sharp ]
Sunday, Feb 18 2007 7:19 PM

Operation: Anti-Ad The abuse of public space by advertising sickens Lambert. He argues that outdoor advertising big wigs use public property to infiltrate the masses with messages, products and desires. Space that is intended for public domain is bought and sold at the expense of the public.
[ Story by Caitlin Moneypenny-Johnston ]
Wednesday, Feb 14 2007 5:27 PM

So You Wanna Throw a Protest? “It definitely opened my eyes to all the different tactics you could use for social change,” Leonard says. “Ruckus was the first time I had the experience to do it really strategically, really effectively and really smartly.”
[ Story by Rachel Holman ]
Monday, Feb 12 2007 6:32 PM

Planting Action By educating the public about the incorporation of modern sustainable agriculture, GFE hopes to instill the benefits of reusable organic food production and its contribution to generating safe and clean environments.
[ Story by Courtney Leslie ]
Monday, Feb 12 2007 9:00 AM

Talkin' About a Revolution 1) What does revolution mean to you? 2) Where would you want to see a revolution? 3) What would be your personal revolution?
[ Story by Maria Bengtsson ]
Thursday, Feb 1 2007 3:48 PM

Letter From the Editor The original opening to this letter was a two-word sentence. Two words that everyone who speaks the English language (and some that speak others as well) know very well: fuck you.
[ Story by Walter Crasshole ]
Thursday, Feb 1 2007 3:47 PM