Tag: California
What the battle over control of PG&E means for US utility...
Theodore J. Kury, University of Florida
There’s a battle raging over the ownership of PG&E Corp., one of the nation’s largest utilities, with cities, hedge...
California wildfires signal the arrival of a planetary fire age
Stephen Pyne, Arizona State University
Another autumn, more fires, more refugees and incinerated homes. For California, flames have become the colors of fall.
Free-burning fire is...
Not all candy is candy – at least for tax purposes
Hayes Holderness, University of Richmond
Halloween shoppers have many delicious decisions to make before trick-or-treaters show up at their doors. And in many states, those...
In fire-prone California, many residents can’t afford wildfire insurance
Gireesh Shrimali, Stanford University
California’s relatively quiet 2019 fire season ended in October. Just days after Pacific Gas & Electric cut power to half a...
Los Angeles is far from ending homelessness – but other American...
Brenda Wiewel, University of Southern California
Los Angeles became ground zero for America’s homelessness crisis after President Donald Trump visited the city on Sept. 17.
“We...
Could a national buyback program reduce gun violence in America?
Lacey Wallace, Pennsylvania State University
Americans own nearly half of the world’s guns, with approximately 120 firearms for every 100 U.S. residents.
Gun control policies may...
Visiting national parks could change your thinking about patriotism
Jennifer Ladino, University of Idaho
When I took a post-college job as a seasonal ranger at Grand Teton National Park 23 years ago, I noticed...
When America had an open prison – the story of Kenyon...
Emily Nagisa Keehn, Harvard University and Dana Walters, Harvard University
In a country with mass incarceration, horrific prison conditions and a penal system suffused with...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
