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By Andrew Stelzer, National Radio Project on Oct 27 2010 - 1:57pm
Californians will go to the polls this Election Day, and decide whether to legalize marijuana for adult, recreational use. The measure’s called Proposition 19, and the debate has largely centered on how it could impact the financial future of the state.
But how has California’s anti-pot policy...
By Brian Pelletier on Oct 21 2010 - 12:09pm
Despite a recent announcement that the military will accept openly gay recruits for the first time ever, some aspiring service members still being turned away…
Giants fans are excited to see their team do something they’ve been meaning to get around to since they moved to San Francisco from New...
By Crosscurrents Producer on Oct 4 2010 - 3:33pm
It’s another watershed moment in music culture, at least for fans of “underground” hip-hop – New York’s legendary record store, Fat Beats, is closing its shops in Manhattan and L.A. Fillmore District-based hip hop and rap artist Da Vinci reflects on the loss of such an institution and on the...
By Crosscurrents Producer on Oct 4 2010 - 12:08pm
By Joanna Lin and Mandy Hofmockel
This story originally appeared in California Watch
In May 2009, the California attorney general’s office ordered a national retailer with nearly three dozen stores throughout the state to stop selling jewelry with illegal levels of lead.
Five months later, the...
By Daphne Muse on Oct 1 2010 - 8:50am
The story of gay and lesbian students committing suicide has played out far too many times despite college administrators, gay rights activists, therapists and some policy makers pleading to stop the emotional, political and physical assaults on gays and lesbians. Now Rutgers University freshman...
By David Onek on Sep 13 2010 - 3:38pm
In Episode #11, Berkeley Law Professor Frank Zimring discusses New York City's remarkable crime decline in the past twenty years and the related policy implications.
Zimring Interview Highlights
Zimring on the Unprecedented Decline in New York City's Crime Rate:
“Four-fifths of the crime rate in...
By Erica Mu on Sep 1 2010 - 5:15pm
Today is an important day for medical students. It’s September 1, the day those entering their fourth year of study decide whether to join 90% of their peers and specialize, or be part of the vast minority who choose to launch into a primary care career.
As part of her investigation into America’s...
By Max Jacobs on Aug 25 2010 - 5:13pm
Above: "Prank Calls" by Kelley Stoltz
Even though the Bay is finally experiencing summer, touring (and local) bands seem to be keeping their distance this week. A line-up of odd and quirky performers, though, means there’s still plenty of music to complement the great weather. Here are your live-...
By Crosscurrents Producer on Aug 24 2010 - 5:00pm
Fighting gang violence in Oakland, racial discrimination in the world of commerce, and mosque building in New York
By Crosscurrents Producer on Aug 24 2010 - 4:40pm
By now, you’ve surely heard about Manhattan’s Cordoba House: the Muslim community center that may be built two blocks from where the former World Trade Center once stood. As the community center sparks controversy around the world, some young Muslim-Americans are debating the issue in unexpected...
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