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“America Does Not Deserve Me.” Why Black People Are Leaving the United States

by Peter Rubin October 12, 2023October 11, 2023

“The expats forging new lives in Puerto Viejo are part of a wider exodus of Black Americans from the U.S. in recent years, with many leaving for reasons that are explicitly political.”

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The (Un)holy Gospel of Suga Free

by Peter Rubin April 19, 2023April 19, 2023

“There’s a thin line between isolation and serenity, and Suga Free needs nobody but Suga Free.”

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The Weird and Wonderful Life of L.A.’s Most Bizarre Celebrity Photographer

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands September 12, 2023September 12, 2023

“He had the golden era of Hollywood in those shoe boxes.”

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Is Gold Hidden Under a California Peak? This Treasure Map Says So

by Krista Stevens April 17, 2023April 17, 2023

“The tale of that man, his map, and the place it led to is really one about Southern California’s twin mirages — fame and fortune — and the people who seek one or the other. Or both.”

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For 40 Years He Blamed Himself for a Girl’s Murder. Then Came a Shocking Discovery

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands April 26, 2023April 26, 2023

“He had indeed seen a blue sweater, but did he remember it on the wrong girl?”

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I Once Fell for the Fantasy of Uploading Ourselves. It’s a Destructive Vision.

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands October 12, 2022October 19, 2022

“In the early 2000s, I spent hundreds of hours trying to upload my mind to the web.”

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A Child Star at 7, in Prison at 22. Then She Vanished. What Happened to Lora Lee Michel?

by Carolyn Wells November 2, 2022November 2, 2022

“Hollywood is notorious for erasing people. But her sister and nieces refused to forget Lora Lee Michel.”

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Avenging Billy

by Seyward Darby February 14, 2023February 14, 2023

“How amateur sleuths took on a gay porn actor’s haunting Hollywood murder.”

On a misty evening, a man walks along a quiet Dutch street
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads October 14, 2022October 14, 2022

This week, our editors recommend stories by Naomi Gordon-Loebl, Jean Guerrero, Ben Goldfarb, Dan Kois, and Reeves Wiedeman.

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Pregnant, Homeless and Living in a Tent: Meet Mckenzie

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands July 19, 2022October 19, 2022

In 2018, reporter Gale Holland, photographer Christina House, and videographer Claire Hannah Collins spent time with young unhoused people in an encampment above the Hollywood Freeway. Their Hollywood’s Finest series for the Los Angeles Times tells the stories of three women, including Mckenzie Trahan, a young woman who has been in and out of foster […]

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