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If I complained to my mother when I was a child that I was bored, she either told me to read a book or to make up a story to amuse myself. “I’m bored” was a common refrain in children and teens in the ...

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In 1785 English philosopher Jeremy Bentham designed the perfect prison: Cells circle a tower from which an unseen guard can observe any inmate at will. As far as a prisoner knows, at any given time, ...

When California became a state in 1850, it had fewer than 100,000 residents and 27 sparsely populated counties. Several were larger in land area than some states. However, its population was exploding ...

The ongoing dispute between Los Angeles city and county over homelessness highlights systemic issues in California's local governance. (CalMatters/Carlin Stiehl) California's historical county ...

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