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LRC Presents: All the President's Lawyers

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Fear and Wonder 3; Stranger Than Fiction: SCI-Arc and UCLA explore fictional worlds

Nov 20

Events

Fear and Wonder 3; Stranger Than Fiction: SCI-Arc and UCLA explore fictional worlds

Nov 20W.M. Keck Lecture Hall

What Can Life on the U.S.-Mexico Border Teach America?

Nov 21

ZÓCALO PUBLIC SQUARE

What Can Life on the U.S.-Mexico Border Teach America?

Nov 21Cross Campus DTLA

Will California Learn to Regulate the Marijuana Business?

Dec 10

ZÓCALO PUBLIC SQUARE

Will California Learn to Regulate the Marijuana Business?

Dec 10Cross Campus DTLA

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California’s clout in the 2020 election

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California’s clout in the 2020 election

Thousands of political junkies and many presidential hopefuls gathered in Long Beach over the weekend for the California Democratic Party Convention.

Nov. 18from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The role of impeachment in the 2020 election

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The role of impeachment in the 2020 election

Impeachment is the elephant in the room at the California Democratic Party Convention. Josh Barro, host of KCRW’s “Left, Right and Center,” believes impeachment matters very…

Nov. 18from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The state of the primary race in California

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The state of the primary race in California

The state’s primary is now March 3 -- moved up from June.

Nov. 18from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Fresno police: backyard where 10 shot likely targeted, 'We just don't know why'

The victims were all Asian males between 25 and 35. "Most of them had jerseys on," said the deputy police chief. "And it looks like something terrible happened."

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Fresno police: backyard where 10 shot likely targeted, 'We just don't know why'

The victims were all Asian males between 25 and 35. "Most of them had jerseys on," said the deputy police chief. "And it looks like something terrible happened."

Nov. 18from NPR

Climate change, the EPA and protecting medical privacy

Personal medical records behind public health regulations are now stamped "confidential." If they aren’t opened up, the Trump EPA says it will ignore them.

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Climate change, the EPA and protecting medical privacy

Personal medical records behind public health regulations are now stamped "confidential." If they aren’t opened up, the Trump EPA says it will ignore them.

Nov. 18from To the Point