“Inside the encampments and crackdowns that shook American politics. A report by the staff of the Columbia Daily Spectator.”
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How ‘Go,’ the Wildest, Druggiest, Horniest Cult Movie of 1999 Got Made (And Almost Didn’t)
“Twenty-five years after it came out—and got bulldozed in theaters by The Matrix—the timeline-twisting indie comedy Go looks better than ever.”
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“After Hours”: The Oral History of a Cult Classic
“With his career on the ropes, Martin Scorsese fought his way back to the top with a low-budget, surreal black comedy, set in New York’s gritty downtown scene.”
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‘I Didn’t Kill My Wife!’ — An Oral History of ‘The Fugitive’
“Three decades after the release of the landmark Hollywood thriller, the cast and crew … reflect on the legacy of the instant classic that almost fell apart.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week’s installment features stories by Lee van der Voo, Adam Gopnik, Surabhi Ranganathan, Masha Udensiva-Brenner, and Mikey O’Connell.
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The “Top Chef” Oral History: “How Is This Going Off the Rails on Day One?”
“Padma, Tom, Gail, and other insiders reflect on how the Bravo show … transcended the reality TV genre to change food media and the American restaurant landscape forever.”
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Your Favorite Scary Movie: The Oral History of ‘Scream’
“Twenty-five years ago, Wes Craven’s bloody, witty meta-horror film hit theaters and reinvigorated multiple genres. Here’s how the iconic movie was made.”
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A People’s History of Black Twitter, Part I
“We make spaces out of spaces where we were not intended to be. That’s what we do.” This is the first installment in a three-part oral history series on Black Twitter.
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The Oral History of CNN’s Election Week
“It took office naps, rousing renditions of Motownphilly, and a whole lot of coffee.”
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The Children of 9/11 Are About to Vote
“What the youngest cohort of American voters thinks about politics, fear and the potential of the country they’ve grown up in.”