Egypt and Ethiopia Spar Over Future of Water as Massive Dam Project Proceeds

While Ethiopia continues to move forward on the huge Renaissance Dam, Egypt is fighting back with legislation of its own to guarantee that its water share, arranged in colonial-era treaties, is not usurped by the construction project.

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Bay Area Transit Fight Continues As Residents, Workers Vie for Message Control

With the government shutdown in its third week and a potential, cataclysmic debt ceiling wall looming Thursday, union negotiators, government officials and BART management are working nonstop to hammer out a deal that eases growing tensions.

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Canadians Detained in Cairo Begin Hunger Strike

Two Canadian men held in an Egyptian prison without formal charges announced they've begun a hunger strike demanding their release from Cairo’s infamous Tora Prison.

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Anti-War Demonstrations in San Francisco Add to Growing National Protest Against Syria War

The Bay Area protests joined other demonstrations Monday in a unified call against war that resonated across the country, from New York and DC to Seattle and LA, as Americans took to the streets to support peace and diplomacy.

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Syrian Refugees in Jordan Decry American Plans to Attack

“I don’t know why the world wants to fight this situation with more bombs, bullets and caskets,” says the Syrian barber Abu Ghazi, living in a refugee camp in Jordan. "We have seen people we know and love shot in front of us."

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BART Strike Gets Called Off, But Worker Concerns Are Growing

Transit workers and BART management stand tens of millions of dollars apart on a number of vital issues including pay, pension and health care. Though the governor halted the strike this week, future prospects for agreement look grim.

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Why Fruitvale Station Should Be Required Viewing For All Americans

Fruitvale Station, the latest entry in a growing list of movies that may help spark a civil rights movement in America, shows what the struggle of being black in modern America looks like.

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Bay Area Braces for BART Strike, Again, As Workers Press For Change

For train operators and other BART workers, the belief is that a strike on August 4 may be the only way to get their voices heard -- and despite antagonism in the media, they hope residents understand their position and support their goals.

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The BART Rebellion: Transit Strike in Bay Area Exposes Deep Fissures

As a temporary, one-month contract extension was reached to stop last week's BART strike, workers demanding higher pay and a better contract say their strike is about a broader sense of social and economic justice.

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California's Fracking Gone Wrong, Part 3: In Monterrey, Residents Are Resisting

For Riley Jacobsen, who lives over the Monterrey shale deposit, fracking is personal.

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