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From California to North Carolina, students staged chants and walkouts over the weekend in protest of Israel's ongoing military offensive in Gaza.
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Election results. Birth certificates. Property deeds. Marriage licenses. Juan Pablo Cervantes has the kind of job that simultaneously undergirds democracy, family history, and property ownership - all through the boring-but-important power of paperwork. He's Humboldt County's Clerk, Recorder, and Registrar of Voters, "a title so long, it has punctuation in it," he says. "It's one of those offices that few people know about unless something goes wrong." -
Established in 2006, the North Coast Small Business Development Center, or SBDC, has been helping people start and grow small businesses across Northern California. -
Since 1981, The Humboldt Literacy Project has been connecting adults with tutors to help them learn how to read and write in English. This week, I met with Emma Breacain to learn more about how the HLP is working to help the estimated 13,000 people in Humboldt County who are considered functionally illiterate, meaning that they read below a fifth-grade level. -
Two recent studies suggest that prospective homeowners will have to earn more than $100,000 annually to afford a typical home in much of the U.S.
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Rachel Bright/EccoThe Bikini Kill frontwoman pioneered the "riot grrrl" movement in the 1990s. "I thought of myself as a feminist performance artist who was in a punk band," Hanna says. -
The Washington Post via Getty ImagesClinical trials of MDMA have been promising, but concerns have emerged about the quality of the research. A June hearing scheduled by the Food and Drug Administration is likely to address them. -
W. W. Norton & CompanyMessud draws from her grandfather's handwritten memoir as she tells a cosmopolitan, multigenerational story about a family forced to move from Algeria to Europe to South and North America. -
Atsuko Tanaka/Courtesy of Fahey/Klein GalleryThe extravagant jewelry worn by hip-hop artists has meaning beyond the shiny surfaces. -
Odelyn Joseph/APBarbecue is the man who convinced many of Haiti's gangs to stop fighting each other and start fighting the government. He spoke to NPR about his latest plans. -
Amar Patel/Courtesy of Vinay PatelA new type of traveler is part of the post-pandemic reset at U.S. hotels, along with fewer daily cleanings and pancake-slinging machines.
