The insurrection that wasn’t, and other Trump fantasies
To hear our national leaders tell it, Los Angeles is in chaos and our governor and mayor are out to lunch with the police, blissfully…
‘Uvalde Mom’ director Anayansi Prado discusses her moving documentary
Three years ago, an armed young man entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, and killed 19 students and two teachers. Hundreds of law enforcement…
Newsom and California move toward criminalizing homelessness
Homeless encampments are dirty. And ugly. And seem, to those who venture near them and even to some who live there, unsafe. They are also…
Michael Hurley dead: Singer-songwriter was ‘Godfather of freak folk’
Michael Hurley, the eccentric singer and songwriter who pioneered the “freak-folk” movement and inspired generations of artists, has died. He was 83.“It is with a…
‘A Complete Unknown’ review: Chalamet scores as Bob Dylan
Folk music is something that’s mainly overheard in the elegant first stretch of the often lovely “A Complete Unknown” — it’s something happening the next…
Appreciation: Nikki Giovanni made me a poet. Listen, and she’ll still make you one too
“You sound like a poet.”When Nikki Giovanni uttered these words in January 2007 at the end of a two-hour interview, she shifted my life’s focus…