Schools in a southern California district have closed for the rest of the week because the fear of violence which may occur from the tension fueled immigration bill.
Heres the story
This is a great example of people coming together to fight against something blatantly wrong. Kids and adults all together for one cause, hopefuly [...]

Since when is sexual molestation a good excuse for a sexy photo shoot?
Vanity Fair this month is running an exclusive article about ‘Desperate Housewives’ actress Teri Hatcher, in which she admits to being sexually molested by her uncle. Her comments helped put him in prison, after the guy was busted for molesting other young women.
So [...]

“A once-promising season came to an abrupt end, at least temporarily, this week when Duke President Richard H. Brodhead announced the suspension of all of the team’s games in response to charges by a black woman that she was sexually assaulted, sodomized and strangled by three unidentified lacrosse team members at a house party not [...]

Irony is not a dead scene, folks. Not in Brooklyn, anyway.
THIS new Britney Spears sculpture — what many are calling a pro-life piece of art — is living proof.
And in other pro life news, folks want to create a day for the unborn child across the globe.

The director of “Outfoxed” and the Wal-mart movie is being invited as a guest on the Colbert Report… and he’s asking people to help him prepare for his moment:
http://www.robertgreenwald.org/2006/03/help_me_survive_the_colbert_report.php

General Motors, the car company behemoth responsible for Buick, Chevrolet, Pontiac, Saab, Hummers and a host of other automobiles, seems to be shrinking in some respects but expanding in others.
More than 100,000 U.S. hourly workers employed by GM are getting BOUGHT OUT with early retirement plans, which will save the company a ton [...]

Daryl Hannah, who once made waves as Tom Hanks’ mermaid love in the movie ‘Splash,’ has resurfaced for the sake of the mountain gorilla.
She flew to Rwanda for a ribbon cutting ceremony for a cistern that will help provide clean water for a gorillas.
Not to plug this whole little Hannah-funded operation, but I thought this [...]

Check this video out…
“Ghost riding” is when people put their car in drive, hop out the car, dance alongside, dance on the hood, and coast slowly down the street. It’s a form of street exhibition and a part of getting “hyphy” (listen to our podcast show on the hyphy culture; we reported it before it [...]

The San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival is going on right now, and I spent all of Saturday watching movies… my favorite so far is “Punching at the Sun,” an indie feature by director Tanuj Chopra. It’s the story of a young South Asian boy in Queens whose older brother, a legendary street ball [...]

Its not looking too good for non-profit organization, Rock The Vote according to news reports. In the 2004 presidential election, Rock the Vote registered about 1.4 million voters at college campuses and through the oh-so-great World Wide Web. And now, the organization is barely staying afloat because of an enormous debt they [...]

Rifle? Check. Turban? Check. Cheap Casio digital wrist watch? Check. Congratulations, you’re a an “enemy combatant.”
Owning a rifle, wearing olive drab and a Casio watch are criteria to define so-called “enemy combatants.”
“Common Casio watches…have become part of the often ambiguous web of evidence against detainees at Guantanamo Bay. The U.S. military cites [...]

Ever got up in the middle of the night to binge on cookies and peanut butter?
For Brenda Pobre, the proof was in the sheets.
She often woke up with and found candy bar wrappers in her next to her bed and Popsicle sticks on the floor.
Turns out, she was eating at night during her sleep.
“The sleeping [...]

I’ve got a new campaign slogan for the Democratic Party:
“Unsure? Can’t Make up Your Mind? Miss the Boat and Hang Out With Us on the Dock of Indecision!”
Or how about these fun alliterations:
“Disinclined, Diffident Dems”
“Disconcerted Donkeys!”
“Be a Dem: Dawdle with the Best of ‘em!”
HERE IS the latest example of the Democratic Party’s reluctance to [...]

I’m a rap nerd. I get excited when I hear about hip hop being acknowledged as something positive and influential to our society. Some parents still don’t understand (staff writer Gary Moskowitz’s mother hates the hip hop we play on our weekly podcast radio show). Some people hate it; I hate a lot of it [...]

Isaac Hayes, the baritone voice behind the famous “Chef” character on Comedy Central’s popular animated show “South Park,” quit the show because of its INAPPROPRIATE RIDICULE of religion.
Hayes, who won an Oscar for composing the music for “Shaft” and is a devout Scientologist, had stuck with the show for nearly 10 years despite jabs at [...]