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Losing Gloria

After their mother was deported to Mexico, the Marin siblings faced an impossible choice: Stay or go.

By Lizzie Presser

Photographs by Diàna Markosian

Urban Dreams

India builds a new city from scratch.

Photographs by Max Pinckers

Dude Ranch

Deep Springs College, the century-old school where young men read Plato and tend cattle, is on the verge of opening to women.

Photographs by Sam Contis

Text by Eric Benson

Trump’s Man in Congress

Few on Capitol Hill are closer to the president than Kevin McCarthy

By Laurel Rosenhall

Photographs by Brian L. Frank

California vs. Trump

Our new series will explore the ways California is taking on Trump’s Washington. Learn more about our plans and how you can get involved.

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The SF Art Book Fair:

A free multi-day festival of artists’ publications

July 21 - July 23, 2017

Cooking With Samin

With a new book and a new show, Samin Nosrat has big plans.

Photographs by Talia Herman

The Fact-Checker

Investigating immigration raids, real and imagined

By Lauren Markham

Illustrations by Isabel Seliger

The Art of Everything

In David OReilly’s video game, you can be anything you see: a bacterium, a blade of grass, a galaxy.

By Laura Parker

Photographs by Jack Bool

Covered

Ricardo Lara wants to do what no one has before him: insure every Californian, even the undocumented.

By Vauhini Vara

Photographs by Erin Brethauer

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The Thread: Aminatou Sow with Adam Scott

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Meanwhile

Riding the Ferry

By Wendy MacNaughton

Backstage

A preview of Pop-Up Magazine's spring tour

By Douglas McGray

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