Music writer for the Los Angeles Times
August Brown on KCRW
More from KCRW
How rich parents game the college admissions system -- legally
NationalStudents have filed a class-action lawsuit against the universities named in the college bribery scandal, which includes Stanford, USC and UCLA.
Climate Change, the Green New Deal and ‘socialism’
NationalThe Green New Deal targets climate change--but that’s not all.
Trump declares national emergency, California sues
NationalPresident Trump today declared a national emergency to get funding for his border wall. California Gov.
'I’d rather do it much faster'
PoliticsPresident Trump decides he’s done waiting for Congress to fund his border wall. He’s doing it himself, or at least trying to, anyway.
Hollywood’s Love Affair With Racism
PoliticsWhen it comes to matters of race, the entertainment industry fails its increasingly diverse audience, time and again.
Gov. Newsom halts executions, citing ‘moral necessity’
CaliforniaGovernor Gavin Newsom today announced a halt to the death penalty in California. The state has a complicated history with the death penalty.