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Hip-Hop Meditation: An Intriguing Evening of Music and Mindfulness
Join us for an unforgettable evening of insight, rhythm and discussion. Hip-Hop Meditative Mindfulness blends two worlds that would seem to be at odd…
7 months, 1 week ago
Young People Are Bringing Climate To Court. And Winning.
We’re all feeling the effects of the fossil-fueled climate crisis, but young people will not let this threat to their future go unchallenged. They’re…
7 months, 1 week ago
How Low Birth Rates and Longer Lifespans Could Disrupt the Global Economy
While much of the focus in Washington is on fiscal debates, there’s another growing challenge with far-reaching implications for the United States an…
7 months, 1 week ago
Agents of Change: The Women Who Transformed the CIA
Join us for a lively discussion of Christina Hillsberg's book Agents of Change: The Women Who Transformed the CIA. Hillsberg is a former intelligence…
7 months, 1 week ago
Time to Strengthen Local Health Ecosystems in California
Due to major cuts to Medicare, wildfire season, looming earthquakes, public health needs, and the increasing number of Californians without health in…
7 months, 1 week ago
The Milk Tea Alliance: Inside Asia’s Struggle Against Autocracy and Beijing
Why are activists in Thailand, Hong Kong and Burma willing to court danger to help one another?
Historian Jeffrey Wasserstrom met dozens of dissident…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Sam Bloch: Shade, The Promise of a Forgotten Natural Resource
On a 90-degree day in Los Angeles, bus riders across the city line up behind the shadows cast by street signs and telephone poles, looking for a litt…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Scorching Premiums: Climate Costs Hit Insurance Market
Climate disruptions and growing risk are upending insurance markets, leading many insurers to abandon parts of the country all together. Due to fires…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Vali Nasr: Iran's Grand Strategy
Iran has for decades been one of the most significant—and tricky—foreign policy challenges facing America and the West. Unfortunately, most people do…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
“The Playbook of a Dictator”: UC Berkeley’s Erwin Chemerinsky on Trump and the Rule of Law
UC Berkeley Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky’s 2024 book No Democracy Lasts Forever examined how democracies collapse and give way to authoritarian …
7 months, 2 weeks ago