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Categories: News & Politics
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Today Palm Springs is known for mid-century modern architecture and queer-friendly culture. But a new documentary on PBS's Independent Lens explores the history of racist housing practices in the city that effectively hid a black neigborhood behind a wall of trees. “Racist Trees” covers the fight to remove those trees decades after they were planted, and asks the question: 'Who takes responsibility for the wrongdoing of the past?' Directors Sara Newens and Mina T. Son join Sasha Khokha to talk about the film. Plus we visit San Francisco's Prelinger Library, a treasure trove of ephemera from books of soil samples to zines. In the 1990s, libraries started to become digital and began clearing out their catalogs. A network of like-minded librarians brought the “discards” to Rick and Megan Prelinger’s attention. The husband and wife, already collectors of print and text items, opened their library in 2004 and say 'it's available to any and everyone who believes our past can pave a path to a better future.'
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469 - 'Racist Trees' Uncovers Little Known History of Palm Springs' Black Community Fri, 22 Mar 2024
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468 - The Poet and the Silk Girl: A Japanese-American Story of Love, Imprisonment and Protest Fri, 15 Mar 2024
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467 - Oscar-Nominated Shorts Tell Joyful California Stories Sat, 09 Mar 2024
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466 - On Our Watch: A Whistleblower at California’s Most Violent Prison Sat, 02 Mar 2024
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465 - How the Freeway System Shaped California Sat, 24 Feb 2024
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464 - Could 'Urban Villages' Help Fix San Jose's Suburban Sprawl? Sat, 17 Feb 2024
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463 - From Mannequins to Musical Roads: More of California's Hidden Gems Sat, 10 Feb 2024
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462 - How an Entire Oakland Block Decided to Go Solar Sat, 03 Feb 2024
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461 - A Taste of Southeast Asia at Stockton's Angel Cruz State Park Sat, 27 Jan 2024
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460 - Could Pickleball Help Change Prison Culture? Sat, 20 Jan 2024
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459 - Unhoused Californians on the 'Bleeding Edge' of Climate Change Sat, 13 Jan 2024
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458 - A Pandemic Pivot Helped These Californians Launch Successful Food Businesses Sat, 06 Jan 2024
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457 - Encore: Oakland Rapper Guap on His Black and Filipino Roots Sat, 30 Dec 2023
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456 - Encore: The Little Known Wartime History of Japanese Americans Living in Japan Sat, 23 Dec 2023
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455 - Centering Shared Humanity In Wartime Sat, 16 Dec 2023
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454 - Uncovering Abuse in a CA Disability Group Home Sat, 09 Dec 2023
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453 - Towns Along Pacific Coast Trail Struggle After Dixie Fire Sat, 02 Dec 2023
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452 - Stories of California History Through Food and Family Sat, 25 Nov 2023
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451 - The Aftermath of an LA City Council Scandal Sat, 18 Nov 2023
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450 - Searching For Home On Higher Ground Sat, 11 Nov 2023
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449 - How a California Tribe Fought to Get Their Ancestral Land Back in Eureka Fri, 03 Nov 2023
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448 - Did I Actually Contact a Dead Person? A Science Editor In Search of His Mother’s Ghost Fri, 27 Oct 2023
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447 - Resilient Family Farmers Making It Work Fri, 20 Oct 2023
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446 - California Prisons Fail to Uphold Transgender Rights Despite State Law Fri, 13 Oct 2023
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445 - All-Female Mariachi Band Shatters Stereotypes Fri, 06 Oct 2023
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444 - An Ode to Ritchie Valens' "La Bamba" Fri, 29 Sep 2023
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443 - Symphony by Non-Verbal Teen Is His ‘Unforgettable Sunrise’ Fri, 22 Sep 2023
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442 - Cambodian Californians Seek Ways To Heal Trauma Of The Past Fri, 15 Sep 2023
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441 - Encore: W. Kamau Bell’s Family Explores the Mixed-Race Experience in New Film ‘1,000% Me’ Fri, 08 Sep 2023
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440 - The Invisible Work that Makes Hollywood Hum Fri, 01 Sep 2023
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439 - Indigenous Californians Flexing Their Power in Big and Small Ways Fri, 25 Aug 2023
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438 - Giant Sequoias Are Burning. Should We Replant Them? Fri, 18 Aug 2023
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437 - From Cesar Chavez to La Pulga: Latino Activists Make Their Mark on San Jose Fri, 11 Aug 2023
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436 - The Little Known Wartime History of Japanese Americans Living in Japan Fri, 04 Aug 2023
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435 - Foretold: A Fortune Teller's Unpredictable Future Fri, 28 Jul 2023
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434 - Did Mac Dre Go to Prison Because of His Lyrics? Fri, 21 Jul 2023
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433 - How a Group of Surfers Helped Save Malibu from Wildfire; Redwoods Struggling Fri, 14 Jul 2023
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432 - Encore: Mapping a Radical Legacy of South Asian Activism in California Fri, 07 Jul 2023
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431 - More California Armenians Are Moving Back to Their Parents’ Native Land; Flavor Profile: LA's Saucy Chick; Petaluma Teens' Find Community at the Phoenix Theater Fri, 30 Jun 2023
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430 - Activism Through Performance: Oakland’s House/Full of Black Women Fri, 23 Jun 2023
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429 - Checking Out Santa Monica's 'Human Library'; Hidden History of Oceano Dunes Fri, 16 Jun 2023
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428 - The Passion of Chris Strachwitz Fri, 09 Jun 2023
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427 - Is California Really the Abortion Haven It Claims to Be? Fri, 02 Jun 2023
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426 - ‘We Had a Mission’: Longtime Richmond Teacher Reflects on Once-Stellar High School; Cooking Up LA's Next Chefs Fri, 26 May 2023
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425 - The End of Wood Street: Inside the Struggle for Stability, Housing on the Margins of the Bay Area Fri, 19 May 2023
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424 - Allensworth Braces For Floods; ’70s Band Fanny Reclaims Their Right To Rock Fri, 12 May 2023
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423 - Farming With Ghosts: David 'Mas' Masumoto On Learning A Family Secret Fri, 05 May 2023
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422 - MIXED!: W. Kamau Bell’s Family Explores the Mixed-Race Experience in New Film ‘1,000% Me’ Fri, 28 Apr 2023
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421 - MIXED!: A Psychologist and Mixed-Race Teen Offer Advice To Parents For Raising Strong Multiracial Kids Fri, 21 Apr 2023
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420 - MIXED!: Author Cherríe Moraga on Her ‘Mixed Blood’ Chicana Heritage and Embracing Discomfort Fri, 14 Apr 2023