In 2018, we’re inured to stories of a powerful men taking advantage of girls and getting away with it, but Jeffrey Epstein’s story still manages to horrify.
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The Case for Letting Malibu Burn
Many of California’s native ecosystems evolved to burn. Modern fire suppression creates fuels that lead to catastrophic fires. So why do people insist on rebuilding in the firebelt?
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Sign On the Dotted Line to Ensure Your Own Destruction
New York’s court system aids and abets predatory lenders who prey on small business owners.
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Preserving Human Life Requires Preserving Insect Life
While science labors to comprehend the variety and volume of insects on earth, both are declining with disturbing speed, and the ecological consequences are troubling.
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The Californians Who Can’t Budge
How do you hold down the fort when the fort is on fire?
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The Queer Generation Gap
How the sexual fluidity of the next generation reflects the limitations of the one that came before it.
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But Who Gets Custody of the Dog?
It seems like America is made up of two broad groups who don’t agree on anything — maybe it’s time for a trial separation.
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A Stimulus Plan for the Mutual Aid Economy
Policymakers’ neglect of caregiving harms a major force in American labor.
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The City I Love Is Destroying Itself
Nicole Antebi interviews historian David Dorado Romo about the fight to preserve the oldest barrio in El Paso from the City itself.