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Alvarado is an award-winning journalist and comes to TPR after a 12-year-career at LAist.

Ashley Alvarado formerly served as the Vice President of Community Engagement and Strategic Initiatives at LAist. She will lead TPR's day to day operations and programming across platforms.

Christopher Nolan's latest film looks at the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II.

Actress Lily Gladstone has made history as the first Indigenous person to be nominated for an Oscar for best actress.

If you’ve been postponing your colonoscopy, it’s time to get it done. The much dreaded exam is a small discomfort to go through that can help catch colorectal cancer and save your life. The preparation for the exam takes two-three days, but exam itself only takes 20-45 minutes.

Breast cancer is the second most common form of cancer in women. If treated early, the chances of surviving the disease look good. But how often should people be getting their mammograms, and what are some ways you can examine yourself?

It's been reported that Indigenous women experience a disproportionate amount of violence compared to the general population — but their cases often get underreported or ignored. Fewer of their cases are included in the Department of Justice database. This leaves the indigenous community to bring awareness and urgency to their own missing and murdered women.

The federal government is facing another shutdown due to the chaos in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. Also, President Joe Biden is now facing an impeachment inquiry after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy claimed Biden profited from his son Hunter Biden's overseas business deals while he was vice president.

From Port Arthur, Texas Janis Joplin was the first queen of rock 'n' roll. Her voice was singular. She was rough around the edges, vulnerable and charismatic, and she paved the way for countless women in rock.

LLano County Commissioners are set to vote on Thursday to shut down it's library system in order to avoid obeying a federal judge's order to return banned books to the shelves. This is just one of many attacks on public libraries happening across Texas and the nation.