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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, 5 months 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, 5 months 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, 5 months 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, 5 months 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, 6 months 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, 6 months 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, 6 months 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, 6 months ago
Colorado River in Crisis, Pt. 2: The Source
The Colorado River begins in the Rocky Mountain snowpack, which provides the water that starts off the river on its epic journey. But as the American…
3 years, 6 months ago
California's stormy weather, explained
This month’s record-setting rain and snow across California also comes with terms many of us know but can’t explain. Today, we do that with our Maste…
3 years, 6 months ago