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Congress Votes to Defund Public Media
A bill to claw back $1.1 billion in funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds public radio and television, will be voted on by…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Standing Up to the Trump Administration
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has filed a spate of lawsuits against the Trump administration, including challenges to mass terminations of fe…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Amid War, Bay Area Architects Aid Reconstruction in Ukrainian Town
The Ukrainian town of Irpin made international headlines at the outset of Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion when local reservists repelled Russian fo…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
The Bay Area is Getting Older — Fast. Are We Ready?
The Bay Area is getting increasingly older at a faster rate than other parts of the country, making it the third oldest region in the U.S. Some neigh…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Does the Label ‘Genius’ Do More Harm than Good?
“You can tell what a culture values by who it labels a genius—and also what it is prepared to tolerate. The Renaissance had its great artists. The Ro…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Adolescence Under Stress: Why Growing Up Today is Harder than Ever
Adolescence has always been turbulent, but what happens when you mix in early puberty, digital information overload and a world that feels increasing…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Taking Stock of President Trump’s First Six Months
In the first six months of his second term, President Trump has done a lot of what he said he would do, from proposing sweeping tariffs to gutting fe…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Why L.A. is a Model for 'the Future of Water Conservation'
Water conservation is a constant challenge for Californians, but according to the New York Times’s Michael Kimmelman, there’s one city that’s doing i…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Is Customer Service a Bad Model?
To be a modern consumer is to experience poor customer service at some point in your life. The kind of service that has you in a fever dream of press…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Forum From the Archives: Sly Stone and the ‘Burden of Black Genius’
No band may better reflect the multicultural, gender-expansive exuberance of the Bay Area dream than Sly and the Family Stone. A new documentary “Sly…
10 months ago