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After George Floyd, there was an obligation in some progressive circles to prove you were sufficiently against racism by defining yourself as anti-racist. Now it’s President Donald Trump’s
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Since its inception in 2024, Los Angeles Climate Week has quickly become L.A.’s flagship event for climate activists, environmental organizations, local businesses, municipal governments, and regular Angelenos to
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When California became a state in 1850, it had fewer than 100,000 residents and 27 sparsely populated counties. Several were larger in land area than some
