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Can Policy Reforms Get Young Voters and People of Color to the Polls? The right to vote lies at the heart of the American political system. And yet, election after election, large swaths of eligible voters — especially young people and communities of color — sit on...
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A visionary architect is building wood high-rises that can help cool the planet We live in them. We work in them. And our planet’s getting warmer because of them. The buildings we inhabit are major contributors to climate change—accounting for nearly 40 percent of...
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Why is the Golden State’s population growth flattening? California’s famously sunny climate and laidback lifestyle have drawn people to the state for generations. With plentiful jobs in diverse industries from tech to entertainment, it’s no surprise that people from...
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FORM swim goggles put swimming performance goals in your sights. In recent years, tech gadgets that give real-time access to performance metrics have transformed how runners and cyclists train. But for swimmers, things haven’t gone as swimmingly—largely because taking...
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From gender-neutral words to textspeak, language often has undergone controversial shifts — and no amount of grumbling can stop it. When USC established El Centro Chicano in 1972 as a resource center for Mexican American students, organizers deliberately chose the...
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Stockton-based REALTOR® Kimberlee Williams couldn’t figure out why her Instagram account, which had over 15,000 followers, wasn’t landing her much in the way of new business. Each of her posts—a mix of updates about her listings and her real estate team as well as...
