The Rise of Echo Chambers in a Connected World
Human society has experienced major changes throughout history, from the agricultural revolution to the industrial and digital eras. Each of these changes has deeply influenced…
A guide to Echo Park, Los Angeles: What to do, see and eat
For as long as downtown L.A. has been a bustling center for American business and trade, Echo Park has been its nearest escape. A slow…
Princess Zelda is the year’s most butt-kicking childless cat lady
About 15 hours into “The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom,” I came across a character expressing concern for Princess Zelda: “Is she overextending herself…
Evangelical leaders echo Obama, say U.S. not a Christian nation
President Obama has taken plenty of heat in conservative Christian circles for a remark he made in 2006 in which he said that that United…
Listen to music from around the world at these L.A. parties
As the Latin trap anthem “Singamo” rings over the speakers at the Echo in Echo Park, more than 50 people sing along and twerk on…
Democrats defending Biden echo Republicans’ cult of Trump
The fallout from President Biden’s miserable debate last week is giving me deja vu. In the political right’s intramural arguments over Donald Trump, I got…
‘Orphan Black: Echoes’ mirrors TV’s bid to reclaim its former glory
This article contains spoilers for the first episode of “Orphan Black: Echoes.” Sometimes a new television show illuminates the limitless possibilities of the art form.…
Trump and GOP echo Nazi, far-right ideology ahead of election
He’s dined with a white supremacist. He’s invoked theories espoused by Nazis in their quest for racial purity. His response to white supremacists marching in…
Palestinian suffering and endurance in Gaza echo the Nakba | Israel War on Gaza
For more than four months now, the world has been watching in shock as Israel has massacred, maimed, starved, tortured and humiliated the Palestinians of…