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Surprise: Coast Guard Abandons Plans for Port’s Coveted Pier 46

The Alliance, backed by its longshore union allies, were adamant that Terminal 46 should remain a container-shipping facility, even though international container ships stopped calling there in 2019.

LACMA’s New Museum: What’s the point of Art in a Museum?

With the opening of architect Peter Zumthor's new $724 million David Geffen building, a 110,000-square-foot concrete arc curving across Wilshire Boulevard and replacing the old hodgepodge, LACMA has made a bold statement not just with a building, but about what it believes is the museum's role in contemporary culture.

Forty Years Ago this week: Russia Bungled Chernobyl, killing Chances for a Nuke-Free World

The damage inflicted on the Soviet government's credibility on nuclear safety and security couldn't have come at a worse time.

Lies and Damn Lies

Both kinds of lying are indecent, but there’s a difference between them.

Please: Save us from being SAVEd

“The most restrictive voting bill ever passed by Congress” is how Michael Waldman, CEO of the Brennan Center for...

Lost the Plot? While America Stalls, China goes on a Building Spree

The default thinking is that socialist system is rigid and clumsy, while capitalist system is efficient and responsive. Why then has the opposite happened, as with Seattle’s light rail vs China’s high-speed rail?