Is Coachella uncool now? Let's hope so.


by SFGate

SFGate— The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is many things to many people. For music lovers, it’s one of the best places on Earth to gather with friends, soaking in the sublime mix of headline talent and up-and-comers from across a diverse selection of genres. For Palm Springs-area locals, the festival is more a necessary annoyance, an economic driver that comes with plenty of headaches. For everyone else watching from the safety of their social media accounts, Coachella is often derided as an...

WTOP—Rwanda’s Hope Hostel once housed young genocide survivors. Now it’s ready for migrants from Britain. KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda says it's ready to receive migrants from the United Kingdom after British Parliament this week approved a long-stalled bill seeking to stem the tide of people crossing the

Houston Public Media—Cinco de Mayo is Sunday. Let’s party! (That’s okay, right?). We discuss how many holidays get co-opted, and how we can turn cultural appropriation into appreciation. (But also drink. And sell mattresses).

The Guardian—He led a strike at Kellogg’s. Now he’s aiming for a Nebraska Senate seat. Dan Osborn is challenging incumbent Deb Fischer in a ‘long shot’ bid to prove the state still has an ‘independent spirit’Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Arizona, Georgia and Nevada – these are the swing states most pundits expect will decide the 2024 election. No one has deep-red Nebraska on that list. But a 48-year-old pipefitter and union organizer from Omaha is hoping to change that.Three years ago, Dan Osborn led the Nebraska leg of a US-wide strike against the cereal giant Kellogg’s as the company...