The Takeaway
How do colossal Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops fossils get from the ground to the natural history museum? And could that process—which involves not just paleontologists but a largely uncredited group …
In the Green Room
Essay
For much of my life I have been in conversation with a man who died 86 years ago. He was born in Dublin in 1855 and grew up poor, with …
Essay
It’s starting to feel as though scientists and governments announce new policies and predictions for our warming planet every week. But where do the data undergirding the alarming headlines and …
Connecting California
There is no mask or vaccine that can protect communities from high conflict. Even people who are highly skilled at avoidance and de-escalation can get stuck in bitter, all-consuming, no-win …
Essay
Whatever else “cancel culture” might be about, when it comes to the arts, it’s about this—if you want to do right as a consumer of art, the work of some …
Poetry
this urge to drive somewhere—what is it?
from a fast window, even brown grass
looks exciting. rolling into town, the smell
of burnt apples. grandpas, babies, tattooed
teens squint in harsh sunlight as if …
Essay
“Merciful President Pardons Turkey” declared headlines when John F. Kennedy saved the turkey gifted to the White House from being on the dinner table in 1963. But the tradition of …
Connecting California
Thank you, America, for always keeping California in your thoughts.
Now it’s that time of the year when we should give thanks for the only California real estate that’s still cheap—all …
Poetry
Here is the inventory of stone I
could not bring myself to make
and instead I have simply
photographed where stones have
been left on turned …
