[Originally published in Synapse on May 1, 1975.] A U.S.-made calendar will show that today is Loyalty Day, a time...

[Originally published on April 22, 1990.] April 22, 1990 is Earth Day, an event promoting global ecological awareness. On that...

[Originally published in Synapse on April 13, 1968.] I supported Eugene McCarthy. I am now committed to Mr. Kennedy.

On August 26, 1999 Robert Sadler, a UCSF postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, was shot and...

[Originally reported in Synapse on March 20, 2009.] Two reports issued in February underlined the growing menace of climate change...

[Originally published on March 20, 2003.] In a political climate charged with the suddenly tangible threat of war with Iraq...

[Originally published in Synapse on March 11, 1987.] A recent Supreme Court decision upholding certain types of pregnancy leave and...

[Originally published in Synapse on March 8, 2007.] As contraception and abortion remain hot topics in the news, there is...

[ Originally authored in February 25, 1988 by Toan Truong as a third-year medical student.] I grew up in Saigon...