Author and journalist Katya Cengel talks about the paperback release of From Chernobyl with Love: Reporting from the Ruins of the Soviet Union. The Grape Nut, Betsey Nash shares some highlights of the recent SLO Coast Wine Classic. In the 4th in the 8 part series “In Between”, we'll explore the local need for access to gender affirming care. An international team of audio producers want to tell the story of Ella Young, the “godmother of the Dunites". The San Luis Obispo Food Bank says more than 15,000 local households will have less money for groceries this month due to a change in CalFresh benefits.
By not studying the Russian language, Americans are responding to conflict by closing ourselves off from an adversary, rather than trying to learn about it.
Unlike during the Cold War, U.S. students now shy away from studying Russian. But we need to read the great authors at the geographic and political fringes of the former Soviet Union writing in that language.
She survived a shooting, a miscarriage, and unfathomable loss channeling it all into public service. Now, after 15 years in Congress, Rep. Jackie Speier is moving on.