5 Songs to Hear This Week: Love Spells, Momma, CMAT
Fall under Love Spells, put Momma’s alt-rock jam “I Want You (Fever)” in rotation, add "Irish Country Pop Superstar" CMAT to your "anthems" playlist, and more.
No vehicle, foreign or domestic, will escape new auto tariffs
New auto tariffs are supposed to be for “foreign” cars and parts, but no U.S.-made vehicle will escape the impact. Detroit’s obsession with big cars won’t help.
Cory Booker and Wisconsin election give Democrats a glimmer of hope
Democrats won a key Wisconsin Supreme Court race. The result is being seen as a rebuke of Elon Musk, who campaigned in the state and spent millions on the GOP candidate.
What’s the model for building starter homes on small LA lots?
UCLA’s cityLAB has launched a design competition where contestants can submit proposals for low-cost, easy-to-build starter homes on vacant city-owned lots.
Remembering actor Val Kilmer’s complicated and charismatic career
Actor Val Kilmer died Tuesday at age 65. His career included both “Top Gun” films, “Batman Forever,” “Heat,” and an iconic performance as Jim Morrison in “The Doors.”
This week, Robin Wall Kimmerer , Indigenous ecologist and author of “The Serviceberry: An Economy of Gifts and Abundance,” talks about the virtues of the ‘gift economy,” and explains…
Funny how a song named “Draggin’” can really lift you up. This works because of singer-songwriter Hannah Cohen ’s magical way of blending disparate ideas.
A year, a $10K bet, and the conspiracy theories that tore a family apart
Zach Mack’s father went down a conspiracy theory rabbit hole that tore apart his family. Mack spent the past year making a podcast about it called “Alternate Realities.”
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