Amor Prohibido
Twenty years after Selena’s death, devotion to the legendary singer is as strong as ever. But who owns her legacy?
What’s in a Necronym?
Jeannie Vanasco on being named after the daughter her father lost, and artists named after dead siblings.
The Late, Great Stephen Colbert
“I asked him if he could help me understand that better, and he described a letter from Tolkien in response to a priest who had questioned whether Tolkien’s mythos was sufficiently doctrinaire, since it treated death not as a punishment for the sin of the fall but as a gift. ‘Tolkien says, in a letter back: “What punishments of God are not gifts?” ‘ Colbert knocked his knuckles on the table. ‘ “What punishments of God are not gifts?” ‘ he said again. His eyes were filled with tears. ‘So it would be ungrateful not to take everything with gratitude. It doesn’t mean you want it. I can hold both of those ideas in my head.'”
A Social History of Jell-O Salad
How Jell-O salad became a mid-century American icon, before falling out of public favor.
Will the Pope Change the Vatican? Or Will the Vatican Change the Pope?
Pope Francis’s emphasis on serving the poor over enforcing doctrine has inspired both joy and anxiety in Roman Catholics, and the church establishment.
The Hardest Test
A new STEM-focused integrated middle school in the low-income neighborhood of Bayview in San Francisco is giving hope to a community after decades of educational failures.
Here’s What’s Missing from ‘Straight Outta Compton’
Dee Barnes, former host of hip-hop show “Pump It Up!” who was assaulted by Dr. Dre in the early 1990s, looks back on her own experience, N.W.A.’s attitude toward women, and why the movie ignored women artists like JJ Fad and Tairrie B, who were protégés of the group.
Pregnant? Scared? Need Options? Too Bad.
A yearlong investigation into crisis pregnancy centers.
Just Below the Surface
Dubious wilderness, cutthroat business, and human casualties in the war over the fabled Californian Oyster.
The Speakeasy
A lifelong comedy fan spends a week at Marty’s, a bleak Hollywood comedy club that specializes in open-mic stand-up.
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