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A new residency for Ukrainian artists in LA allows six filmmakers and art historians to take a break from Russian shelling and soak up LA’s art and culture.

Senator Dianne Feinstein is retiring at the end of her term and will not seek reelection. She’s led a three decade-plus career in California politics.

A top federal official promised everyone on Veterans Row would have a place to go in just ten days. What does it take to make that happen?

After a year of war and carnage in Ukraine, the fighting continues, and there are no signs of it slowing down.

Haunted cumbia stylings from Karen y Los Remedios, Monterrey’s nu-disco polymath Von Gallo, and Vive Latino vets La Isla Centeno.

California will not renew a $54 million contract with Walgreens after the chain announced it would not dispense mifepristone in at least 20 states.

The use of the century old Espionage Act in the Julian Assange case continues to set the chilling precedent of a bleak future in American journalism, a precedent that endangers even…

Exploring Mexico’s long-standing affinity for brass-forward, Klezmer-esque, Southeast European Balkan music.

Panelists discuss the origins of COVID-19 and misinformation, national implications of Chicago’s mayoral race, and why both political parties should stop freaking out.