On a metaphorical 'slavery route', pain and growth are quite real
John Edgar Wideman's hybrid of memoir, essay, and fiction explores what enslaved people suffered and what their descendants still carry…
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The vice presidential debate felt normal. That's a victory for the Americans.
October 2, 2024 10:12 a.m. Pacific Time To the editor: The correct answer to the question “Who won the debate?”…
Can you immediately feel something for a stranger? I discovered it at LAX
My brother left me on the sidewalk at Los Angeles International Airport and yelled, “Run!” Our timing to get to…
Thank God Trump is okay. Now let's stop intensifying our polarization.
September 17, 2024 3 am Pacific Time To the editor: For multiple reasons, I thank God that former President Trump…
Trump said something racist about Haitians. It was not the first time he did so.
September 15, 2024 3 am Pacific Time To the editor: Now that the issue of Haitian immigrants has become a…
Microsoft is disabling default ActiveX controls in Office 2024
Microsoft will disable ActiveX controls by default in the Office suite starting in October, with the release of Office 2024.…
Oasis reunion: Noel and Liam Gallagher reportedly back together
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Many high school students cannot read. Is the solution to teach reading in all classes?
Like many high school chemistry teachers, Angie Hackman said she teaches students about atoms, matter and how they “influence the…
A radical collaboration sheds prophetic light on Nat Turner's slave rebellion
Book review Nat Turner, Black Prophet: A Visionary Story By Anthony J. Kaye and Gregory P. DownsFarrar, Straus and Giroux:…
“Weird” or “creepy”? Readers' thoughts on what to call Trump and Vance
August 8, 2024 3 am Pacific Time To the editor: While philosophy professor Eric Schwitzgebel takes offense to former President…