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A Super Bowl with two Black quarterbacks
For decades, NFL teams actively discouraged Black players from playing quarterback, the sport’s marquee position.
Today, we go through this shameful h…
3 years, 1 month ago
Colorado River in Crisis, Pt. 5: The Valley
California’s Imperial Valley has some of the lowest rainfall in the state, yet uses the largest allotment of Colorado River water. Why is such an ari…
3 years, 1 month ago
What it means to be a Black cowboy
Black people have been part of the American West for centuries. But mainstream cowboy culture long downplayed their contributions, even as they exist…
3 years, 1 month ago
What’s up with eggs?
All across California, people are asking the same question: Why are eggs so expensive?
Californians walk into grocery stores only to find them sold ou…
3 years, 1 month ago
Colorado River in Crisis, Pt. 4: The Tribe
For over a century, Native American tribes along the Colorado River have seen other entities take water that had nourished them since time immemorial…
3 years, 1 month ago
3 men of color, 3 LAPD encounters. 3 deaths
In a span of 25 hours, three men of color died after encounters with Los Angeles police officers. Could a change in tactics long asked for by activis…
3 years, 1 month ago
A massacre in Monterey Park
A gunman shot and killed 10 people just after a Lunar New Year celebration in Monterey Park, California. This attack, one of California's worst mass …
3 years, 1 month ago
Colorado River in Crisis, Pt. 3: The Dam
The main way the American West harvests the Colorado River for its water use is by dams that create reservoirs, which are quickly drying up because o…
3 years, 1 month ago
How the California GOP lost its national sway
For decades, Republicans across the country looked to California for conservative stars and ideas even as the GOP lost its way in the state. Not anym…
3 years, 1 month ago
Dance raves in, dissent out as Saudi Arabia's crown prince dictates new social order
Something unexpected is going on in traditionally conservative Saudi Arabia.
Over the last few years, the kingdom has been announcing a loosening of s…
3 years, 1 month ago