Campuses confront free speech crackdown amidst DEI backlash
Apr 8, 2025

Campuses confront free speech crackdown amidst DEI backlash

I once argued in a position paper in journalism school that perhaps hate speech ought not to be protected by the First Amendment. My professor pushed back, saying it was a slippery slope. If the rights of...
Art heals at Bioneers with Joy Harjo and Cara Romero
Apr 15, 2025

Art heals at Bioneers with Joy Harjo and Cara Romero

Bioneers 2025—the March 27-29 eco-design conference founded in 1990 and held on and around the University of California Berkeley campus for the third year running—involved much talk about individual healing in support of collective action. It’s a...
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The Boars have fun with taxidermy
Apr 15, 2025

The Boars have fun with taxidermy

The seeds for the quartet that became the Boars—Lars Nylander on Farfisa, Brent Willson on bass, Jeff Glave on guitar and drummer Eric Eidel—were sewn in the early 2000s. “I was traveling with Brent in Spain a few...
Apr 8, 2025

Free Will Astrology: Week of April 9

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Life is asking you to be a source of generosity and strength for the people and animals in your sphere....
Soul Blends opens a cafe in West Oakland
While the Fourth Reich blasts a steady stream of noxious fumes into every aspect of our daily lives, some public refuges still feel like temporary retreats...
'La cocina' depicts kitchen chaos
The American dream dissolves into thin air during a rare moment of silence in Alonso Ruizpalacios’ operatic film, La cocina (The Kitchen). On a break from...
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