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Why Religion is Having a Moment

After decades of decline, many church leaders believe that religious life is on the upswing as some younger Americans flock to Christianity — includi…

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Ben Lerner Explores Fiction and Tech in Novel ‘Transcription'

In writer and poet Ben Lerner’s latest novel, “Transcription,” an unnamed narrator travels to interview his elderly mentor. But shortly after checkin…

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Deb Haaland on the Future of Native Leadership

Former Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland won the New Mexico Democratic gubernatorial primary this month, and if she wins this November, she would…

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Olé, Olé, Olé! Expat Communities Celebrate World Cup Teams Playing in the Bay Area

Levi’s Stadium will be the site of a series of World Cup matches beginning June 13. Switzerland, Algeria, Qatar, Jordan and Australia are some of the…

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What Our Faces Reveal About Us

What’s in a face? For the ancient Greeks, the shape and features of a person’s face revealed their character, virtue and intelligence. Though these a…

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What AI's Huge IPOs Will Mean for Housing Affordability in the Bay Area

Two of the world’s leading artificial intelligence companies, Anthropic and OpenAI, are based in San Francisco — and both are preparing public stock …

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Ben Rhodes on the Speeches That Shaped America

What does it mean to be American? That’s the question that animates Ben Rhodes’s new book “All We Say: The Battle for American Identity.” Drawing on …

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Trump Administration Shovels $75 million into Controversial Oakland Coal Terminal

The Trump administration said it will allocate $75 million dollars to fund a new coal terminal on the waterfront in West Oakland. Developer Phil Taga…

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Can College Survive Artificial Intelligence?

Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing the American workplace, and virtually every week brings a new report that entry-level white-collar jobs c…

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Pulitzer Prize Winner Andrew Sean Greer on His Latest Novel ‘Villa Coco’

Before Andrew Sean Greer won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for his novel “Less,” he was the executive director for a writer’s foundation based in Italy and…

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