Bay Area-based songwriter Deborah Crooks performs and records under her own name and with the band Bay Station. Place-based and rooted in practice, her

In 1975, Kenneth S. Norris and James C. Roush established this dauntless group of biologists, students, and community volunteers at UC Santa Cruz. The Predatory Bird Research Group achieved the full r...

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track by Deborah Crooks

I love this new Aimee Mann rendition of the Carpenters’ ‘Rainy Days and Mondays.’ I know nothing of the TV show for which it was made, but hearing this on a literal Monday as I was driving to a dentis...

aka celebrating what there is to celebrate

Text SIGN POBEEP to 50409 — I firmly urge you to denounce and vote against H.R. 1, the highly destructive "One Big Beautiful Bill Act." This MAGA murder budget would enact drastic cuts to vital programs that support vulnerable communities, all to finance massive tax cuts for the wealthy. Don't be like Sen Murkowski, and vote for something that you know is wrong; be strong and vote it down.   The provisions slashing Medicaid, including imposing harsh work requirements, would cruelly strip healthcare from tens of millions. Tripling ICE's budget to ramp up Trump's inhumane mass deportation agenda is an unconscionable attack on immigrant families. Gutting funding for SNAP would exacerbate hunger and food insecurity across the nation. Cutting access to gender-affirming care under Medicaid and CHIP constitutes blatant discrimination against transgender individuals. Defunding Planned Parenthood undermines comprehensive reproductive healthcare.   These draconian measures serve only to boost corporate profits and to funnel money upward at the expense of human dignity and wellbeing. Rather than squandering trillions to line the pockets of the rich, Congress should promote policies that uplift working families and invest in our shared future. I implore you to reject this shameful murder budget that so blatantly disregards the needs of your constituents.

Contrary to conventional wisdom, anti-Trump protests this year have dwarfed 2017 in size, and they have been extraordinarily peaceful.

The current administration's 2026 budget request includes a staggering 47% cut to NASA's science programs as part of a 25% cut to NASA overall. This is an extinction-level event for the Earth and spac...

HOPMONK PRESENTS19 Voices in Solidarity fundraising event for ACLUFeaturing: Sarah Baker, Emily Bonn, Loralee Christensen, Deborah Crooks, Marina Crouse, Roberta Donnay, Aireene Espiritu, Jaeger & Rei

Trump has created untold numbers of conflicts of interest by failing to divest from his business interests before taking office.

Little actions on the way to bigger results

Why? Because others will see you do them, and it will make it easier for them to take their own (slightly less lonely but equally beautiful) action by your side

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Cal Falcons says it's likely, as the pair hasn't been seen in nearly two months, and the disease "is hitting peregrines very hard right now."

Cal Falcons said it has to consider “it is possible that Annie and Archie have tragically succumbed to HPAI.”

"Flight Lessons is a full, rich story—the heroine’s journey—that takes us into the world of urban birds," writes Gene Kahane. The folk opera that recently graced the Rhythmix Cultural Works stage high...

Elon Musk bought his way into the White House, spending millions of dollars to help Trump win the 2024 election. But our communities, families, and rights are not for sale.  While greedy and cor...