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What Happens to Culture After a Financial Crisis? A New Exhibition Offers a Global Survey of Art in the Wake of Economic Collapse

What Happens to Culture After a Financial Crisis? A New Exhibition Offers a Global Survey of Art in the Wake of Economic Collapse

Guest UserMay 1, 2019art, global, economics

L.A. Mayor Garcetti’s ‘Green New Deal’ would phase out gas-fueled cars

L.A. Mayor Garcetti’s ‘Green New Deal’ would phase out gas-fueled cars

Guest UserApril 29, 2019environment, Los Angeles

Palisades High students chronicle ‘an epidemic level’ of young people dying from gun violence

Palisades High students chronicle ‘an epidemic level’ of young people dying from gun violence

Guest UserApril 27, 2019media, education, Los Angeles

How Cities Plan to Save the Census

How Cities Plan to Save the Census

Guest UserApril 26, 2019politics, government

LA County’s First Regional Sustainability Plan: CSO Gary Gero Highlights Its Ambitions

LA County’s First Regional Sustainability Plan: CSO Gary Gero Highlights Its Ambitions

Guest UserApril 24, 2019environment, Los Angeles

California Has Farmers Growing Weeds. Why? To Capture Carbon

California Has Farmers Growing Weeds. Why? To Capture Carbon

Guest UserApril 22, 2019environment, California

What Do Migrant Kids See When They Visualize 'Home'?

What Do Migrant Kids See When They Visualize 'Home'?

Guest UserApril 19, 2019art, immigration

Garcetti, in yearly address, pushes new tax to support L.A. schools

Garcetti, in yearly address, pushes new tax to support L.A. schools

Guest UserApril 17, 2019leadership, education, Los Angeles

Using Employee Ownership to Build a More Equitable Future for Work

Using Employee Ownership to Build a More Equitable Future for Work

Guest UserApril 12, 2019workforce, economics

Cape Town’s ‘Day Zero’ Water Crisis, One Year Later

Cape Town’s ‘Day Zero’ Water Crisis, One Year Later

Cynthia HirschhornApril 12, 2019water, cities

Can Stacey Abrams Rescue the 2020 Census?

Can Stacey Abrams Rescue the 2020 Census?

Guest UserApril 8, 2019voting, government, politics, U.S.A.

In the Struggle to Close the Gender Pay Gap in the Art Market, Brazil Has Set a Surprising Example

In the Struggle to Close the Gender Pay Gap in the Art Market, Brazil Has Set a Surprising Example

Guest UserApril 4, 2019art, artists, women, global

Dueling GoFundMe Campaigns Highlight a San Francisco NIMBY Battle

Dueling GoFundMe Campaigns Highlight a San Francisco NIMBY Battle

Guest UserApril 3, 2019housing, community, California

Apple launches Netflix-style news service; L.A. Times and Wall Street Journal participating

Apple launches Netflix-style news service; L.A. Times and Wall Street Journal participating

Guest UserMarch 25, 2019media, technology, communication

WeWork Wants to Build the ‘Future of Cities.’ What Does That Mean?

WeWork Wants to Build the ‘Future of Cities.’ What Does That Mean?

Guest UserMarch 25, 2019urban planning, workforce, government

For Water Systems That Work, Look to Women

For Water Systems That Work, Look to Women

Guest UserMarch 22, 2019global, women, water

‘Unprecedented’ U.S. Flood Season Will Imperil Millions, Experts Warn

‘Unprecedented’ U.S. Flood Season Will Imperil Millions, Experts Warn

Guest UserMarch 22, 2019environment, water, government, infrastructure

Women were missing from school history lessons. An effort in California would change that

Women were missing from school history lessons. An effort in California would change that

Guest UserMarch 17, 2019women, leadership, education

Students will be walking out of class on Friday to protest climate change thanks to this amazing kid.

Students will be walking out of class on Friday to protest climate change thanks to this amazing kid.

Guest UserMarch 14, 2019a story, environment, civic engagement, global

A major chemical company is building roads made of recycled plastic. They've already stopped 220,000 pounds of waste from ending up in landfills.

A major chemical company is building roads made of recycled plastic. They've already stopped 220,000 pounds of waste from ending up in landfills.

Guest UserMarch 6, 2019infrastructure, environment, transportation, economics