The California Issue
California Builds the Future, for Good and Bad. What’s Next?
From reparations to tax revolts, the Golden State tries out new ideas all the time. What roads will its latest experiments send us down?
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Can the ‘California Effect’ Survive in a Hyperpartisan America?
For decades the state has been setting policy for the whole nation. Now red states are pushing back.
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A Tale of Paradise, Parking Lots and My Mother’s Berkeley Backyard
Plans to build apartments have sparked a fight between progressive newcomers and nostalgic old-timers — with surprising allegiances in a writer’s hometown.
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A Week With the Wild Children of the A.I. Boom
In Silicon Valley’s hacker houses, the latest crop of young entrepreneurs is partying, innovating — and hoping not to get crushed by the big guys.
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In California’s Heartland, a New Resistance Movement Is Taking Root
How do you change a place as polluted and desperately unequal as the San Joaquin Valley?
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CreditDeb Leal for The New York Times The California issueFirst Drought, Then Flood. Can the West Learn to Live Between Extremes?
When Californians aren’t thirsting for water, they’re drowning in it. But experts see a way to navigate climate swings.
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