The Editor's Back Fence

Frances Dinkelspiel on berkeleyside.com has a sensitive story about a Berkeley High freshman of 14 who was shot and killed by an older boy (17) who was supposedly his best friend. Reports in The Daily Californian and other publications differ slightly from this account. Berkeley police have yet to release much concrete information about this shooting--a number of questions are still unanswered. 

A view from listener Ian Boal of the crisis at KPFA is in Counterpunch. 

Richard Brenneman spotlights new data about how bad genes migrate from GMO crops.