I’m an irredeemable physics nerd. I can’t say I’m proud of the deep spirituality I derive from quantum physics, string theory, the multiverse, and other literal and figurative mind-bending rabbit holes. Belief in higher dimensional reality isn’t exactly a chick magnet. One of the bedrock throughlines in the history of physics is the power of […]
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The 2000 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles Tells the Story of a City—and Nation—in Transition In 2000, I ended up in a cage outside the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in downtown Los Angeles wearing a dark suit, swimming against the current in a sea of pierced protesters, raging against Rage Against the Machine. As
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Original By New Reality Roundup Fifteen years ago Ben Austin burst onto the education advocacy scene when he launched Parent Revolution. The group went on to invent and pass into law California’s landmark parent trigger law, which empowers parents to transform failing schools through community organizing. Ben eventually raised more than $20 million to bring
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The arguments made by the Los Angeles Unified School District to fight a 2021 lawsuit attempting to reopen schools sparked a campaign to enshrine a constitutional right to a high-quality education. Let the politics begin. As COVID-19 began to abate in 2021, a group of Los Angeles parents filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Unified School
