A Voting Rights Déjà Vu
Ari Berman’s Give Us the Ballot (2015) documents the history of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Berman’s book begins with the great struggle to...
Rhoda Agatha Rindge Adamson
The Story of the Adamson House, Malibu, California Rhoda Agatha Rindge Adamson lived life on her own terms in a time when women—even wealthy ones—...
TOYON
All over Topanga Canyon and throughout the Santa Monica Mountains, toyon bushes are ablaze with red fruit. Their presence is both a conservation success story...
On Fire
Two years ago, fire came here. It licked the thick brush from the high hills, And filled the canyon with flame. It leaped from the...
Recovering the Past: Mapping Los Angeles Landscape History
They are called the Chumash. The name refers to a group of related languages and dialects, but it has become the de facto title for...
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