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Peter Alfred Hess/Flickr / Creative CommonsMarin County Health and Human Services has launched a new transitional housing program aimed at preventing long-term homelessness among young adults. -
Marissa Ortega-WelchA data analysis shows that the National Park Service has lost nearly a quarter of its workforce since January.
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Walter, Cary, and Sasha: lovers, screenwriters, urban adventurers. But Walter feels the urge to stretch beyond that, and beyond them.
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Alex Brandon/APThe government of El Salvador has acknowledged to United Nations investigators that the Trump administration maintains control of the men who were deported from the U.S. to a Salvadoran prison. -
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty ImagesSome 76,000 people from Nicaragua and Honduras were covered by TPS, which provides protection from deportation and grants work permits to people from certain nations affected by war or natural disasters. -
Silvia Izquierdo/APLeaders of the BRICS group of emerging economies meeting for their annual summit had hoped to downplay any differences with the U.S. But even a toned down group proclamation drew the ire of President Trump. -
Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty ImagesThe two-page memo outlines the "exhaustive review" the department conducted of the Epstein files in its possession, and also reiterates that Epstein died by suicide, contrary to some conspiracy theories.
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Zine culture is deeply rooted in San Francisco’s underground scenes, and the fluidity of the form continues to evolve. Places like the Prelinger Library document its history. -
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New research from scientists at Trinity College Dublin in Ireland shows that heat waves can influence the spread of many diseases. -
CrosscurrentsToday, we meet a local mandolin ensemble. Then, the Supreme Court’s history of resistance to Black progress. And, we’ll hear some readings from local fiction writers. -
CrosscurrentsMandolin orchestras were everywhere during the early 20th Century. It turns out that the Bay Area is the birthplace of a mandolin super-group founded by a man who doesn't even play the instrument. He wanted to honor the memory of a Jewish mandolin ensemble whose members perished in the Holocaust. -
CrosscurrentsWriter and scholar Brando Simeo Starkey's new book, "Their Accomplices Wore Robes," follows the US Supreme Court from the Civil War to today. He makes the case that time and again the Supreme Court has chosen white supremacy over racial fairness.
