antelope valley

GOP Enthusiasm for Donald Trump Increases as Election Day Nears

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Nov 5, 2016 When threatened with defeat, even of a candidate they don’t like, Republicans tend to return to their Grand Old Party, like estranged children straggling home for Thanksgiving. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Big Trouble in Little Antelope Valley

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Aug 26, 2013 In this suburban area 70 miles north of downtown Los Angeles, as elsewhere, the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington is a time to note how the country has fallen far short of Martin Luther King Jr.’s goals of jobs and freedom.In this suburban area 70 miles north of downtown Los Angeles, as elsewhere, the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington is a time to note how the country has fallen far short of MLK’s goals of jobs and freedom. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Look Homeward, Angels: California and the Rise and Fall of America’s Space Program

Deanne Stillman / Truthdig Jul 30, 2011 While much of the coverage of the end of the space shuttle age has focused on Florida, the launching pad for many missions, it should be recalled that another region of the country was equally important: the Antelope Valley of Los Angeles County and, in particular, the Mojave city of Lancaster.The little-known Mojave city of Lancaster may have been one of the most powerful places in the world. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

America, by Way of the Antelope Valley

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Apr 22, 2011 Such areas contain the dispirited middle that Obama will have to win over to be re-elected, people whose struggles with daily life are so consuming that the national political debate over the budget and the deficit seems far away and irrelevant.Rather than a view of a candidate, the valley offers a view of the nation. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Reconstructing Los Angeles: A Journey to the Other Side of L.A.

Deanne Stillman / Truthdig Oct 5, 2010 There are certain places that are still empty enough to give us a second chance, even as the empire of Los Angeles moves ever onward, making a reverse exodus into the region’s last frontier.There are certain places that are still empty enough to give us a second chance, even as the empire of Los Angeles moves ever onward. Dig deeper ( 22 Min. Read )