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Deep breath. Let's talk about our air
Wildfires across the American West this summer spewed out smoke full of particulates that darkened skies, created unnaturally beautiful sunsets and b…
4 years, 4 months ago
The oil spill along California's fragile coast
It’s been about a week since a big oil spill hit the Southern California shoreline near Orange County. Tar sullied sensitive wetlands. Birds and fish…
4 years, 4 months ago
How a Black family regains a beach the government took away
Nearly a century ago, government officials pushed a Black family from their beachfront property in the Southern California city of Manhattan Beach. N…
4 years, 4 months ago
On the front lines of the homicide epidemic
Milwaukee is in the grips of the worst violence in its modern history. There were 189 killings there last year — the most ever recorded, almost twice…
4 years, 4 months ago
How COVID-19 nurses get through the day
Nursing is a tough job in good times, and the COVID-19 pandemic made it a lot tougher. Within a few months of the start of the pandemic, U.S. healthc…
4 years, 4 months ago
California put homeless people in hotel rooms. Then what?
To Project Roomkey’s architects, the program was a no-brainer. Thousands of hotel rooms were empty because of the COVID-19 pandemic. And there were t…
4 years, 4 months ago
The push to decriminalize jaywalking
Rules against jaywalking are rarely enforced, but in many places, when someone does get a ticket, it's more likely than not a person of color — and t…
4 years, 4 months ago
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan on her 'Never Have I Ever' fame
We’re doing another crossover episode with our sister show, “Asian Enough.” Today, hosts Jen Yamato and Tracy Brown are joined by Maitreyi Ramakrishn…
4 years, 4 months ago
Texas abortion law makes this Kansas clinic busier than ever
Trust Women Wichita is a clinic in Kansas that has long been a lightning rod in the abortion wars. Its former director, George Tiller, was assassinat…
4 years, 5 months ago
Hollywood's crews ready to go on strike?
Lighting, cameras, sound props, costumes, editing and so much more: About 60,000 workers with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employee…
4 years, 5 months ago