[Originally published on February 5, 2009.] Last month we honored the birth of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King...

[Originally published on January 26, 1995.] On Jan. 20, Joseph E. Marshall, a founder and executive director of the Omega...

Originally published on January 19, 2012. This year’s keynote speaker for Martin Luther King Week at UCSF was Kip Fulbeck...

Originally published in Synapse on December 11, 2009. Everybody wants to know the future and the UC Regents and UCOP...

Originally published on December 8, 1992. In order to survive, Native Americans must maintain their tribal customs and not give...

Originally published in Synapse on Nov. 30, 2006. Tobacco tax propositions in California, Missouri and South Dakota failed in the...

Originally published in Synapse on November 19, 1987. At least a fifth of American obstetricians surveyed would seek a court...

[Originally published in Synapse on November 10, 1988.] The relationship between scientists and the public is often fraught with misunderstanding...

[Originally published on November 3, 1994.] Disgust is the overwhelming feeling that washes over me as I listen to the...