Chris Reed

It is so easy for people to throw trash on the floor, waste food and water and engage in endless consumerism without being truly connected with the Earth around them.

Will sending troops to the Mexico border worsen the immigration crisis? A conflict in Sudan has no end in sight. Plus Hollywood writers go on strike.

Asian American artists in LA are working to break apart the “Asian American monolith” by telling more nuanced stories and experimenting with form.

The Western world, in the midst of being primed for a war with China, often has a limited understanding of who this supposed enemy is.

For many years, Californians have converged on Manzanar to remember the Japanese Americans who were incarcerated there during World War II.

Scientists and fly-fishers work to return the endangered Southern California steelhead to its native waters in Malibu Creek by removing invasive fish and an obsolete dam.

The California Constitution would be amended to guarantee housing as a fundamental right — if a new bill passes the state legislature and is signed into law.

KCRW remembers Gloria Molina, the first Latina on the LA City Council, Board of Supervisors, and State Assembly.

Leila Mottley was 19 and fresh out of high school when she wrote “Nightcrawling,” which captures the heartbreak and yearning of California’s inner cities.