Harvard Sociologist Lawrence D. Bobo
I Want to See the Place Where Du Bois Is Buried
Lawrence D. Bobo is the W. E. B. Du Bois Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University. His research focuses on the intersection of social …
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Can Society Afford to Hail a Ride in a Post-Prop 22 World?
Without a True Safety Net, Gig Workers Suffer as Ride-Sharing Companies Cling to a Broken Business Model
What would a safety net look like for gig workers at Uber, Lyft, and other companies of the internet-based ...
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'We All Have an Irvine'
California's Future Looks Grim, but a Genre-Bending Movie and a Master-Planned Community Offer Unexpected Inspiration
In the best scene of any California pandemic-era entertainment to date, a middle-aged man named ...
New at Zócalo
Bound Together Across an Arbitrary Dividing Line
Regionalia Explores an Alternative Form of Citizenship on the U.S.-Mexico Border
The word region comes from the Latin regere, meaning “to rule.” It is etymologically related to the Latin regio or “district.” In turn, “district” comes from the Latin distringere meaning to “draw apart.”
In this sense, to speak of region is to speak of drawing “apart-ness”—of carving out distinct segments of territory, so as to establish, facilitate, and sustain rulership or dominion through(out) them ...
Thank the Pilgrims for America's Tradition of Separatism, Division, and Infighting
They Were Not the Nation's First Settlers, but They Were the Most Fractious
December marks the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ landing at Plymouth, the moment habitually yet mistakenly thought of as the beginning of America. The conflation of New England’s history with that of the nation at large, encouraged by generations of Harvard-reared scholars, continues to warp Americans’ understanding of their past. By the time the Mayflower dropped anchor off Cape Cod …
Dispatches
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A Letter From South Phoenix, Where Two Pandemics 'Have Turned American Life Feral'
Raising a Black and Brown Family Here Was Complicated, Even Before COVID Struck
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A Letter From Napa Valley, Where Love Burns Hotter Than Fire
A Writer Reflects on Fleeing Northern California's Glass Fire, the Written History She Lost to the Blaze, and the Relationships That Sustain Her
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A Letter From Northern Michigan, Where Remote Is Not Remote Enough to Escape COVID
A Professor Who Finds a Home in the Upper Peninsula No Longer Has the Heart to Return to the Classroom
Where I Go
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Where I Go: The Biting Cold of Open-Water Swimming
When the Ocean Temperature Plunges in the Winter, There’s Nowhere to Hide
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Where I Go: Growing up Under the Rim
Like Any Proper Southern California Basketball Story, Mine Begins With Magic Johnson
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Where I Go: The Garden Library I Grow
Before I Plant, I Curl up With My Favorite Ecologists, Journalists, and Victorian Naturalists
Glimpses
Connecting California Joe Mathews
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Contemplating the COVID Carnage at California's Most Historic Cemetery
Sites Like Forest Lawn Do More Than Bury Our Dead—They Keep the Present in Perspective
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Make Me California's Next Senator
The Senate Is an Absurd Institution, so Let's Put an Even More Absurd Californian in the Office
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California’s Unincorporated Places Can Be Poor, Powerless—And the Perfect Place to Commit Murder
It's Time to Do Better by Communities That Don’t Even Have Local Police to Call, Let Alone Defund
In the Green Room
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Artist and Social and Public Art Resource Center Co-Founder Judy Baca
We're at the Moment in Which We Can Transition
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L.A. Times Assistant Managing Editor for Culture and Talent Angel Jennings
I Was Recruited for the Written Word
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Social Venture Partners Los Angeles Executive Director Christine Margiotta
I Am Forever an Optimist
