KQED s Eating Taiwanese in the Bay
is a series of stories exploring Taiwanese food culture in all of its glorious, delicious complexity. New installments to the series will run daily from May 19–28.
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cross from a few sheep bleating and baaing behind a fence, rainbow pride and Black Lives Matter flags softly wave in the wind. A “Stop Asian Hate” poster is propped against a wall. Around the corner, the property opens up to a 1.5-acre farm filled with trellises of bitter melon, rows of napa cabbage, and hoophouses holding dozens of other Asian herbs and vegetables. All signs, perhaps, that this is a farm with a strong sense of its own identity.
Allison Arieff February 2, 2021Updated: February 4, 2021, 6:47 pm
“Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age” by Annalee Newitz Photo: W. W. Norton & Company
It can’t happen here, thought the United States. Other cities, other empires might fail but not ours.
The Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6 revealed how shaky a foundation that belief rests on, but the riot was just the culmination of years of complacence. Years of kicking the can down the road on reform, whether of education, justice or the environment. And of believing that the descent of civilizations is something that the U.S. is immune to.