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Los Angeles based writer.
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Bonnie Johnson
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Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Paradise before it was paved: finding utopia in LA When Silver Lake’s Edendale was founded, it was a utopian community farm that housed celebrities, Mexican revolutionaries and labor activists. It’s just one utopian community that sprung up in LA a century ago. One writer mapped out some other spots in the city for the Los Angeles Review of Books.
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Claudio Magris: Blameless In Claudio Magris' Blameless, a museum of the implements of war and destruction is created to inspire peace. But this conversation is not just about war and peace.
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Trump says goodbye Paris Accord: What does it mean for U.S. and the planet? President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the U.S. will withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord, the landmark international agreement to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Trump was to renegotiate a new deal, but will that happen?
Design and Architecture
Securing Public Spaces, Super Wealthy Asians Vehicles are increasingly being used as weapons, as seen in the London Bridge attack over the weekend and in New York’s Times Square last month. The Compton-based company Calpipe is designing security bollards to help make public spaces safer. And novelist Kevin Kwan satirizes the “crazy rich” Asian jet set and their luxurious tastes in his latest book, “Rich People Problems.”