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In photos: California’s youth squaring up to an uncertain future

Desperate, Scared, But Social — Amid a tumultuous year in the Golden State, the 2025 California Biennial focuses on those coming of age into an intensifying climate crisis, and widening division and inequality.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen
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Amos Badertscher’s crucial capturing of Baltimore’s queer underground

Images and Stories — A new survey of the photographer’s work presents his archive, which documents and preserves the city’s LGBTQ+ history and the stories of people living on the fringes of its society. 

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen
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Capturing what life is really like at Mexico’s border with the USA

Border Documents — Across four years, Arturo Soto photographed life in Juárez, the city of his father’s youth, to create a portrait of urban and societal change, memory, and fluid national identity.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen
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Alex Kazemi’s Y2K period novel reminds us that the manosphere is nothing new

New Millennium Boyz — Replete with MTV and endless band t-shirt references, the book follows three teenage boys living in 1999 USA as they descend into a pit of darkness. We spoke to its author about masculinity, the accelerated aging of teenagers, and the rebirth of subcultures in the algorithm age.

  • Culture
  • Isaac Muk
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How pop music introduced queer culture to the mainstream

The Secret Public — Between the ’50s to the ’70s, pop music was populated with scene pushers from the margins. A new book by Jon Savage explores the powerful influence of LGBTQ+ folk.

  • Music
  • Miss Rosen
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Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong tells ICE to “fuck off” in LA protest video

Saviors — The singer shared the post on Sunday, featuring the band’s recently released song ‘Fuck Off’ as its soundtrack.

  • Activism
  • Isaac Muk
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Yaya Bey: “Capitalism is exploitation, period”

do it afraid — Ahead of the release of her second 18-track odyssey in just over a single year, we caught up with the prolific singer, discussing the pitfalls of the music industry, European ‘voyeurism’ framing her previous album and breaking narratives set upon her by others.

  • Music
  • Isaac Muk
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Meet the Kumeyaay, the indigenous peoples split by the US-Mexico border wall

A growing divide — In northwestern Mexico and parts of Arizona and California, the communities have faced isolation and economic struggles as physical barriers have risen in their ancestral lands. Now, elders are fighting to preserve their language and culture.

  • Activism
  • Alicia Fàbregas
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A new book explores Tupac’s revolutionary politics and activism

Words For My Comrades — Penned by Dean Van Nguyen, the cultural history encompasses interviews with those who knew the rapper well, while exploring his parents’ anti-capitalist influence.

  • Activism
  • Isaac Muk
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Turnstile benefit gig raises $35k for Baltimore homelessness charity

Never Enough — The hardcore band also performed two new songs at Wyman Park Dell in their first live concert in nearly two years, which was organised in support of Health Care For The Homeless.

  • Music
  • Isaac Muk

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