Leading the leaderless
Chicago filmmakers are looking for a few good anarchists By Matthew Hirsch
Caught in a blog bog
How an S.F. campaign finance law got fledgling online journalists
all up in a tizzy By Matthew Hirsch
The conflict over conflicts
The stem cell institute moves to rein in conflicts of interest,
but some concerns remain By Tali Woodward
Money for nothing
Eddy Zheng got a 7-years-to-life prison sentence, served 19 years,
and now faces deportation - a case study in our wasteful approach
to punishing immigrants By Momo Chang
Web Exclusive: Upton Sinclair's California Bay Guardian editor and publisher Bruce B. Brugmann talks with Lauren Coodley, editor of The Land of Orange Groves and Jails, a collection of Upton Sinclair's writings.
Journalists under
fire
Press freedom alerts, journalists in high risk zones, digests
from the frontlines of the free press around the globe, and links
to national and international organizations working for press
freedom
Freedom of information
Alerts, news and commentary on sunshine, open government and first
amendment issues. This week from the California First Amendment
Coalition: In an era when anyone with a computer and modem can
publish information that reaches thousands, who
is a "journalist"? The answer matters like never
before.
Music: Playing to win The Game's Documentary and West Coast Resurrection
probe what it means to be a gangsta in a deindustrialized world.
By Kevin Y. Kim
Music: Queen of Queens The newest member of Queens of the Stone Age, Natasha Shneider,
reports from the front.
By Kimberly Chun
Theater: Family portrait Nicky Silver sharpens his sardonic skills with Beautiful
Child.
By Robert Avila
Careers & Education:
Cooking with fire As a line cook or a celebrity chef, you too can bring that
fire in the belly into the kitchen.
By Rachella Sinclair