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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot, by Mikki Kendall

'Hood Feminism' Is A Call For Solidarity In A Less-Than-Inclusive Movement

Mikki Kendall reveals how feminism has failed to consider populations too often excluded from the movement's banner — and forgotten to weigh the breadth of issues affecting the daily lives of many.

Lakeside Water District Board Member Frank Hilliker speaks at a news conference on Dec. 10, 2019, accusing Poway Mayor Steve Vaus of being slow to react to the city's water crisis.

Poway Water Crisis Turning Into Political Football

The water in Poway is safe to drink — this after stormwater contaminated the city’s water supply and forced people to turn off their taps for a week. Now comes the political blame game.

The proposed site for Newland Communities to develop a master-planned community of 2,135 homes in the Miriam Mountains in North San Diego County, Sept. 18, 2018.

Back Country Development Ballot Measure Draws Fire In San Diego

The ballot battle is underway over a measure that seeks to give voters a say if a back country development doesn't conform with San Diego County's General plan.

'Tightrope' Implores America To Make Changes To Save Itself

A new book by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn is an agonizing account of how apathy and cruelty have turned America into a nightmare for many less fortunate citizens. But it is not without hope.

Author Says 'Mixed Solutions Can Feel Like A Cop-Out' But May Solve Housing Inequity

Journalist Conor Dougherty doesn't traffic radical ideas in Golden Gates, but tells the story of housing in all its complexity, acknowledging that imperfect solutions are often the only solutions.

A worker cuts black granite to make a countertop. Though granite, marble and "engineered stone" all can produce harmful silica dust when cut, ground or polished, the artificial stone typically contains much more silica, says a CDC researcher tracking cases of silicosis.

Workers Are Falling Ill, Even Dying, After Making Kitchen Countertops

Irreversible lung disease has started to show up among young workers who cut, grind and polish countertops made of increasingly popular "engineered" stone. The material is more than 90% silica.

Hilary Mantel signs a copy of <em>The Mirror & the Light</em> in London on March 4, 2020.

Hilary Mantel Says Now-Complete Trilogy Was 'The Central Project Of My Life'

The Mirror & the Light will be the last novel in Mantel's acclaimed trilogy about King Henry VIII's powerful chief minister Thomas Cromwell. "I fold my hands. It's over to you, the reader," she says.

Assemblyman Marc Berman, D-Palo Alto, right, talks with Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel, D-Encino, left, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Sept. 10, 2019.

California Bans 'Deep Fakes' Video, Audio Close To Elections

California is trying to stop people from deceptively editing videos and audio in ways that are aimed at influencing elections.

Willie O'Ree (left) and Howie Young (center) of the Los Angeles Blades talk during warm ups before their game at the Los Angeles Sports Arena during the 1963-64 season in Los Angeles, Calif. O'Ree became the first black player in the National Hockey League when he joined the Boston Bruins in 1958.

Black Hockey Players Celebrated In NHL's Mobile History Museum

The National Hockey League was the last major sports league to integrate, and is still the least diverse, with a lot to do to develop talent and build goodwill in minority communities.

"The stuff that used to ring true still does in a way and also doesn't anymore," says Phil Elverum. "The big, huge question I tried to think about with this giant song was mainly how to encompass these contradictions."

Phil Elverum Returns To A Refuge As The Microphones

Microphones in 2020 is a single 45-minute track written to "unburden myself from the weight of all this memory," says Phil Elverum, "even though I also think it has so much value."

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