Trump Threatens California’s Role as a Clean-Air Pioneer

The news came, like so much else these days, over Twitter. In a series of tweets Wednesday, President Trump said his administration will revoke California’s ability to set its own vehicle emission standards. The state’s leaders have promised resistance, and the fighting will likely take the form of a lengthy court battle. The result (especially…

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Jack Conte, Patreon, and the Plight of the Creative Class

It's 11:16 am on a Saturday, and Jack Conte—bright-eyed, bushy-bearded—is zigzagging around a cramped Los Angeles recording studio, dodging eight musicians, two cameramen, a sound engineer, and a profusion of instruments, cords, and mic stands. “Let's do it!” he cries out, sounding martial and chipper at once, like a high school drama teacher. Conte's been…

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