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D.J. Waldie

D. J. Waldie (2017)

D. J. Waldie is the author of "Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir" and "Where We Are Now: Notes from Los Angeles," among other books about the social history of Southern California. He is a contributing editor for the Los Angeles Times.

D. J. Waldie (2017)
In a conversation formidably learned and profound in its ethical depth, making a place for the moral purpose of cities
The "sense of wonder" that propelled discovery has become a feeling of frustration as the Space Age unwinds.
Journalism students at Loyola Marymount University are finding and telling them.
You might think that local elected officials are responsible for your city's future. A state report on redevelopment's end shows how much you're wrong.
The well-to-do are walking away from multi-million-dollar homes in Beverly Hills, and they're smiling as they go.
History, memory, and the state deficit complicate the fate of a piece of the city's past.
Green should mean good for cyclists. Hollywood disagrees.
Robotic exploration of the solar system is losing out in the tug-of-war for funding, and it may never recover.
The man behind the iconic cafeterias faced down a corrupt city hall and a murderous LAPD "goon squad."
What happens in Glendale isn't staying in Glendale. In fact, it's happening in every L.A. County city.
1950s science fiction speculated on the answers, both tragic and majestic, but today only Newt Gingrich seems convinced.
Four billion in loans that cities hope to collect from defunct redevelopment agencies is only part of the trouble.
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