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Award season means the appearance of a whole new crop of issue-based lapel ribbons. Humorist Brian Unger cracks the color code.
Arellano: Clean-Air Consequences
2:10
Writer Gustavo Arellano shares a tale about his father, the environment, and unemployment.
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10:12
Millions in California are unemployed. Millions more have taken jobs that pay far less than they used to make. David Lazarus on the life of the underemployed.
Villatoro: Three Little Pills
2:49
Writer Marcos Villatoro on the difference between normality and depression — three little pills.
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1:59
Are the news media guilty of sanitizing reports from Iraq and Afghanistan? Media critic James Rainey argues for a little more reality.
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8:35
Less than one out of ten Hollywood movies is directed by a woman. Why the business of making motion pictures remains a boy's club.
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10:36
Bob Iritano has a deadly form of cancer. He's fighting for his life. But as David Lazarus reports, he's also having to fight his health insurance company.
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8:56
Voters seem especially angry these days. In fact, they've been angry for a while. The past, present and future of activism in California.
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3:19
Has California become too big and polarized to govern? Humorist Brian Unger thinks so and says it's time to carve it up into smaller states.
The Price of Power
10:36
DWP workers are getting raises while other L.A. city workers are losing their jobs. Why is the city-owned power company seemingly immune from the economic downturn?
Track to the Future?
8:33
Is getting from LA to San Francisco in less than three hours worth $40 billion? Or more? The promise — and very steep cost — of bringing high-speed rail to California.
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12:22
Before homecoming, there is deployment. Check out our original segment on how the Gallaghers' cope while Daddy's away at war.
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