Nate Eckman

LA spends tens of millions of dollars settling sidewalk injury lawsuits each year. But the city says that actually fixing the sidewalks would cost more.

Writer and psychologist Andrew Solomon shares his research about the impact of social media on the escalating youth suicide crisis.

Gail Slater is Donald Trump’s pick to head the Justice Department's antitrust division .

Food scholar Darra Goldstein traces the lineage of early fermented beverages, which were offered to deities and used in rituals.

Reporter Jessica Roy delivers the bad news about those plastic kitchen utensils. Anne Byrn composes an exhaustive guide on Southern baking.

The latest film releases include Moana 2, Queer, Maria, and The Seed of the Sacred Fig.

Philanthropy has enabled several expensive private medical schools to offer all students free tuition. Has this changed the practice of medicine?

Jude Law enters his lawman era (and joins to tell us about it), Aasif Mandvi talks “Waiting for Godot,” and Ilana Glazer has The Treat.

Gen X rockers L7 are doing more than nostalgia tours – they’re lifting up a new generation of rockers, especially women, with a recent festival in DTLA.