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The [your brand here] Olympics
Holding diving in the Palantir Pool will really give the sport a whole new meaning

The art of the deal
"LA28’s opaque finances and vague reassurances are not enough to protect the city from fiscal disaster"

Civic promise
What Angelenos need right now, more than ever, is a commitment to the spaces that we share with each other

The elephant in the room
Our elected officials keep trying to pretend this presidential administration isn't going to blow up our best-laid megaevent plans

Torched Talks with 'Shade' author Sam Bloch
Let's talk about trees — and much, much more — on Wednesday, August 6 at noon on Zoom

Made in the shade
"We're trying to change the way that we as Angelenos think about our neighborhoods, so that we actually look around and say, where can there be more shade — in the same way that many of us have thought about trees"

RIP "car-free" games
If these games are still meant to be "transit-first" — why not announce a transit partner, first?

Empty stadiums, travel bans, and ICE raids
"If you want to come to the U.S. games, just know that they may harass you depending where you're from and depending on what you look like"

Travel advisory
Sean Duffy's feigned hand-wringing on behalf of one federal department about the inconvenience of rerouting a few buses is simply revolting as another federal department is literally kidnapping people from bus stops

Torched Talks with sports politics scholar Jules Boykoff
It's an emergency Torched Talks! Join us Monday, June 23 at noon on Zoom