Sherafy’s 2026 California Voter Guide brings our election research into one place, with clear recommendations and links to the full evidence behind each one.
Essays and analysis on culture, media, belief, identity, institutions, ethics, social behavior, and the ideas people use to understand one another and public life.
California did not experience one verified statewide 911 outage. Oakland’s local phone, internet and dispatch systems failed after copper and fiber were cut, while reports
Learn how Borderlands 3 weapons actually work. This exhaustive, practical guide explains weapon cards, damage formulas, accuracy, elements, manufacturers, parts, Legendary effects, Anointments, Mayhem progression
Six months before 9/11, *The Lone Gunmen* depicted an airliner heading for the World Trade Center. We trace the original broadcast, the writers’ accounts, pre-9/11
Flock once advertised ways to exclude certain vehicles from law-enforcement camera systems. Police can still suppress alerts for selected plates, but that does not mean
Danny Trejo says he is not pro-ICE, while his son says he did not know Ben Shapiro was behind Pawn Shop until filming began. The
Some people appear certain that their perspective is reality and that anyone who disagrees must be wrong. Psychology offers a more useful explanation: naive realism,
Susan Dell’s viral White House appearance has revived an extraordinary question: could reptilian shapeshifters be hiding among us? We trace the theory’s origins, examine specific
Ms. Rachel is willing to risk the platform she built for the principles she claims to hold. That should force a bigger conversation about celebrity
A real FBI-led inquiry into dead and missing scientists has collided with a much larger claim: that the supposedly dead and missing people are actually
A surreal video from Brazil looks like a giant wall is ripping across the sky. The best-supported explanation is much stranger but real: an enormous
