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Back to SearchTijuana River Pollution Reaches Crisis Point in San Diego County, Scientists Warn
The South Bay in San Diego County is the site of one of the nation’s worst environmental disasters. Fifty million gallons of untreated sewage and ind…
9 months, 1 week ago
Trump Deploys National Guard Troops to Los Angeles
National Guard troops arrived in Los Angeles on Sunday as part of the Trump administration’s response to clashes between federal immigration official…
9 months, 1 week ago
California Rooftop Solar Is at a Crossroads
California has been a leader in rooftop solar adoption for years thanks to incentives and compensation programs. But policies from utilities and sta…
9 months, 1 week ago
Tune-Yards’ Merrill Garbus on How She Makes Her Signature Sounds, Live in Studio
Oakland based art-pop band Tune-Yards is widely loved for their complex and funky rhythms, layers of sound, thrillingly dynamic vocals, and thought…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
How Apple Fueled China's Economic and Technological Rise
The prevailing narrative about Apple in China over the last two decades is that the Cupertino company took advantage of low wages and weak labor laws…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
What It’s Like to Parent With Your Friends
NPR’s Rhaina Cohen has taken a close look at friend-powered parenting, joining shared households to see how neighbor-and-friend alliances can break t…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
As Final AIDS LifeCycle Ride Ends, Where Does AIDS Research Stand?
When the first AIDS LifeCycle ride rolled down the California coastline in 1994, AIDS was the leading cause of death for people aged 25 to 44. Today,…
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Is What Social Media Tells You About Protein… True?
“We’re in a protein craze, and it’s hard to ignore,” writes New York Times health reporter Alice Callahan. Social media feeds are inundated with clai…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Robert Macfarlane on the Lives and Rights of Rivers
Celebrated nature writer Robert Macfarlane has written about mountains, trails, and the old ways of humans on Earth. His new book lays out its premis…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
How Multi-level Marketing Became America’s ‘Unseen Propaganda Factory’
For decades, multi-level marketing (or MLM) companies like Amway and Mary Kay have made the promise that people could become their own bosses, earn e…
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