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Posted inCulture, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Science & Nature, Technology

Into the Wild On an E-Scooter

by Aaron Gilbreath March 25, 2019October 19, 2022

What happens when you ride an e-scooter out of the city limits — until its battery dies?

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Reading List

Lawrence Ferlinghetti at 100: A Reading List

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands March 22, 2019October 19, 2022

Beat poet and City Lights publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti turns 100 on March 24. Here’s a reading list to celebrate the centenarian.

Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

‘Leaving the Bay Area is the Best Thing You Can Do Right Now, If You Have a Dream’

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands February 8, 2019October 19, 2022

In the Bay Area, there are two migrations: young people in tech moving in, ready to disrupt, and young people with other dreams — the artists, teachers, blacksmiths, therapists, mechanics, musicians — who leave because there’s no longer a place for them.

Posted inEditor's Pick

If San Francisco is so great, why is everyone I love leaving?

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands February 7, 2019October 19, 2022

Currently in the Bay Area, there are two migrations: one of young people in tech moving to San Francisco, ready to disrupt; and another of young people with other dreams — the artists, teachers, blacksmiths, therapists, mechanics, musicians — who leave because there’s no longer a place for them anymore.

Posted inFeature

Ugly, Bitter, and True

by Suzanne Rivecca September 27, 2018October 18, 2022

After years of feeling hopeless and barely human, one talented writer manages to find her will to live.

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes

Who Benefits from Homeless Relocation Programs?

by Aaron Gilbreath December 28, 2017October 19, 2022

Many American cities offer the homeless free bus tickets to move somewhere, but do these relocation programs do vunerable populations more harm than good?

Posted inArts & Culture, Story

The Hippies Who Hated the Summer of Love

by Longreads August 7, 2017October 19, 2022

The merchants of Haight-Ashbury advertised a summer of free food, free lodging, and free love. What they got instead was a civic nightmare.

Posted inArts & Culture

The Hippies Who Hated the Summer of Love

by Longreads August 7, 2017October 19, 2022

The merchants of Haight-Ashbury advertised a summer of free food, free lodging, and free love. What they got instead was a civic nightmare.

Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Uncategorized

California’s Housing Crisis Is About Jobs, Not Houses

by heymarkarms July 17, 2017October 19, 2022

It’s not the pace of housing construction. It’s that the world’s most successful companies are gathered in a small number of cities.

Posted inBlog Post

In Silicon Valley, Transportation Innovation Is a Flat Circle

by Danielle Tcholakian June 20, 2017October 19, 2022

Tech wizards may say they want driverless cars or the hyperloop, but what they really, really want is a bus.

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