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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...
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...
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 15, 2025
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...
Apr 8, 2025
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...
