GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Fresh turmoil involving a transitional presidential council that will be responsible for choosing Haiti’s new leader triggered a flurry of meetings with Caribbean leaders and officials from the U.S., Canada and France, officials said Monday. In a statement posted Monday on X, formerly Twitter, the Montana Accord, a group of civil society leaders that also has a …
This piece is from How to Win Friends and Influence Fungi, a collection edited by Dr. Chris Balakrishnan and Matt Wasowski. “But it seemed like when I calmed down, they calmed down.” To her surprise, she didn’t mind the maggots wiggling around in her foot. The problem with dead tissue is that it’s pretty hard, like beef jerky, so maggots …
This story is part of Image issue 7, “Survival,” a collective vision for the L.A. of our dreams. Dupuy & James L. Griffin, leaders of petition to have the City of Los Angeles properties purchase San Pedro, CA 90731 I’m writing to you from 2021, just less than a century after a so-called slump caused the rock layer on which …
Jan Liu holds an American flag in Grand Park as she participates in a Youth Against Hate rally in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday. “This happened because I am an Asian woman,” the 18-year-old Puerto Rican and Korean American told a crowd at Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles. Organizers described it as “a youth-led space of solidarity and healing.” …
A recent rash of anti-Asian hate crimes in California is continuing, with more verbal and physical assaults reported in the last week. On Tuesday, a man followed an Asian woman into her garage, shouted racial insults and spat in her face, said Lt. Lauren Caputo of the El Cerrito Police Department. “The suspect made racial comments and punched her in …