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Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes
The ‘Artwashing’ of East Los Angeles
In Boyle Heights, activists are fighting art galleries that represent the first wave of gentrification.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
With a Rent-Stabilized Lease, Finding the Line Between Luck and a Life Sentence
Eryn Loeb recalls the tiny, decrepit tenement where she lived for a decade, and the cool aunt who passed it on to her.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Off-Time: Becoming a Widow at Age 36.
Christina Frangou writes on becoming a widow at age 36, after her husband Spencer died of kidney cancer, 42 days after diagnosis.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
‘Hopely I’ll See You Again’: An Unlikely but Wonderful Love Affair
Noah Cho ruminates on why his blond, all-American mother chose his “barely bilingual” Korean father.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Finding My Identity By the Light of My Mother’s Menorah
The African American son of a white mother, Santi Elijah Holley revisits Hannukahs past with his Jewish forebears.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Finding My Identity By the Light of My Mother’s Menorah
The African American son of a white mother, Santi Elijah Holley revisits Hannukahs past with his Jewish forebears.
Posted inCurrent Events, Reading List
Voices from the Last Days of Obamacare: A Reading List
One of the best ways to assess the ACA’s impact on real people is to hear from those who have experienced its costs and benefits.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
When a Mother and Daughter Reverse Roles
An obsession with an orphaned sea otter helps Marlene Adelstein process her grief over her Alzheimers-afflicted mom.
Posted inNonfiction, Story
A Chance to Rewrite History: The Women Fighters of the Tamil Tigers
How during a brutal, 25-year civil war in Sri Lanka, the Tamil Tigers failed the women soldiers who sacrificed everything to fight for a sovereign state for the Tamil minority.
