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Fifty Years of Saturday Night Live
When Saturday Night Live asked Dana Carvey to play Joe Biden for this season, few anticipated that the president would drop out of the race over conc…
1 year, 5 months ago
Daniel Lurie Tried to End Poverty in the City. Now He Wants to Be Mayor.
Daniel Lurie founded and was the CEO of the antipoverty nonprofit, Tipping Point. He’s also heir to the Levi Strauss fortune and has put more than si…
1 year, 5 months ago
Max Boot Unravels Ronald Reagan’s ‘Myriad Contradictions’ in New Biography
Much has been written about Ronald Reagan, but historian Max Boot’s new biography, which draws on new archival sources and interviews with nearly a h…
1 year, 5 months ago
Why Ahsha Safaí Thinks an Urban Planner, Like Himself, Should be SF Mayor
When Ahsha Safaí applied to MIT for his masters degree in urban planning, he wrote that one day he hoped to be a city mayor. Since getting his degree…
1 year, 5 months ago
Election 2024: California Propositions 33 and 34
We take a look at Propositions 33 and 34 on California’s November ballot and how they’re connected. Prop 33 would remove limits on cities’ ability to…
1 year, 5 months ago
What's Happened 10 Years After Women Leaned In?
Sheryl Sandberg released her bestselling book, “Lean In,” ten years ago sparking a movement among professional women to pursue leadership roles at wo…
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"Anatomy of a Failure”: Franklin Foer on US Mideast Diplomacy After Oct. 7
One year after the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, the Atlantic’s Franklin Foer joins us for a look back at the U.S. role in the region since that …
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Bay Area Jews Reflect on October 7
It has been one year since the Hamas-led attack in southern Israel, in which more than 1,200 people were killed and more than 240 hostages taken. Nea…
1 year, 5 months ago
California's 'Click to Cancel' Law Targets Unwanted Subscriptions
American consumers are awash in subscriptions, incurring monthly or annual fees for streaming services, software, online gaming memberships, meal del…
1 year, 5 months ago
What Does Wilderness Mean in our Modern World?
A century ago, the United States designated its first wilderness area – a place to be forever preserved and protected from human impact. But what doe…
1 year, 5 months ago