Gabriel Thompson takes us into San Francisco Immigration Court and the labyrinthine system that asylum seekers—and attorneys and judges—are up against.
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The Enduring Myth of a Lost Live Iggy and the Stooges Album
In 1973, Columbia Records professionally recorded the infamous band for a planned concert record. Columbia never released it. Maybe they never recorded it.
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How Women Survive the World: An Interview with Ingrid Rojas Contreras
To this day, when my mother is driving a car, she will only use the blinkers to indicate that she’s turning at the last second — just so that people behind her don’t know where she’s going.
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How ‘Austin Powers’ Became the First Cult Hit of the DVD Era
The film, which turned 20 this week, feels incredibly out of step with our dystopian present.
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‘The Ocean Is Boiling’: The Complete Oral History of the 1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill
On January 28th, 1969, crude oil erupted from a rig off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, triggering a worldwide alarm that energized the nascent environmental movement.
Posted inArts & Culture, Culture, Essays & Criticism, Feature, History, Nonfiction, Story
Let Me Show You the World
Almost everything you think you know about Aladdin is wrong.
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In Sickness, In Health — and In Prison
Most people know prisoners can marry. Few remember the co-ed prison, the impromptu courthouse wedding and the Supreme Court ruling that allows them to do so.
Posted inCurrent Events, Editor's Pick, History, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews
The City I Love Is Destroying Itself
Nicole Antebi interviews historian David Dorado Romo about the fight to preserve the oldest barrio in El Paso from the City itself.
Posted inCurrent Events, History, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story
The City I Love Is Destroying Itself
Nicole Antebi interviews historian David Dorado Romo about the fight to preserve the oldest barrio in El Paso from the City itself.
Posted inEditor's Pick
‘Trainspotting’ Oral History: Danny Boyle, Ewan McGregor Reflect on Cult ’90s Brit Hit
‘Trainspotting’, Danny Boyle’s commercial and cult hit that showcased drugs, friendships, youth culture, and the best movie soundtrack of the 1990s, turned 20 last year, and on the eve of its sequel, ‘T2 Trainspotting,’ which hits U.S. theaters in early March, Hollywood Reporter offers a modified oral history of the original film. The piece is a total nostalgic […]
