Governor Jerry Brown declares state of emergency in several counties as uncontained blazes devastate communities.
Category: Reflect
THINK ABOUT IT
Are college rankings part of the problem? Yes, if those rankings are from U.S. News.
To ask if the rogue Republican’s surge is good for Democrats is the wrong question.
An economy depends on public morality; shared standards about what is impermissible.
“Now is the time for his prophetic voice to be heard across our crisis-ridden country,” declared the activist and intellectual.
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The Upsurge in Uncertain Work
In five years over 40 percent of the American labor force will have uncertain work; in a decade, most of us.
Corporate welfare is camouflaged in taxes that seem neutral, but give windfalls to entrenched corporations at the expense of people and small businesses.
From funeral cooperatives to green burials, there’s a kinder, gentler, less expensive way to die.
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One Poem That Saved a Forest
How the friendship between a poet and a timber baron kept a grove of California redwoods from clear-cutting.
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The 1965 Watts Riots Remembered
As LA marks the 50th anniversary of the Watts Riots, Saul Gonzalez goes to the community and meets people with vivid memories of the unrest.