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Tuesday would have been a good day for it, with the National Guard illegally in multiple cities, the government poised to shut down and 800 U.S. military flag officers summoned unexpectedly to meet in one room with the president. But no coup came, in either direction. No matter. As withContinue Reading

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The following excerpt is from Danny Goldberg’s new memoir, “Liberals With Attitude: The Rodney King Beating and the Fight for the Soul of Los Angeles,” out Oct. 7 on Akashic. It offers a first-person account of the center-left coalition that succeeded in getting the powerful and much-loathed Los Angeles policeContinue Reading

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This story was originally published by High Country News. With the federal government in a shutdown, the U.S. Forest Service has paused much of the wildfire preparation and prevention work it does on its 193 million acres of national forestlands.  A Forest Service contingency plan, current as of Sept. 30, callsContinue Reading

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The Faceless Thing We Adore by Hester Steel We Are Always Tender With Our Dead by Eric LaRocca Moonflow by Bitter Karella You Weren’t Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White Blood on Her Tongue by Johanna van Veen Bonus: These are all novels, but for short stories, check out Teenage Girls Can Be Demons byContinue Reading

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The Oscar-winning actress and activist Jane Fonda is relaunching her father Henry Fonda’s free speech organization, the Committee for the First Amendment. First established in 1947 to combat the rise of McCarthyism, the organization brings together members of the film and television industry to push back against and refuse governmentContinue Reading

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Charlotte Wright Political Editor, South East PA Media Green Party leader Zack Polanski spoke to Charlotte Wright ahead of the party’s annual conference in Bournemouth The leader of the Green Party says he wants to legalise all drugs, calling for an approach “led by public health experts, not politicians”. SpeakingContinue Reading