My father has the fullest face of hair out of anyone I’ve ever seen. He picks me up onto his shoulders, and my hands grasp at his face instead of his head. My mother scolds me, but he laughs deep from...
Foothill College students and faculty lined up outside Appreciation Hall on May 14 to watch an exclusive screening of “Fail State,” a documentary directed by Foothill alumnus Alex Shebanow and produced...
Michael was talking. He had been talking for a while now, but Gretchen had long since stopped listening. The importance of the speech was not in the words -- Michael could spend the next hour talking about...
The name “Migos” didn’t mean much until Quavo, Offset, and Takeoff -- the trio of rappers that make up the group -- had their first No. 1 hit on Billboard’s top 100 with Lil Uzi Vert. As the group...
“Yo Pierre, you wanna come out here!?” This week's installment of Friday Flows will praise various producers for their underrated work and unique producer marks. These producers include Pierre Bourne,...
This is the second installment of Friday Flows, a weekly playlist where different artists are featured. In the spotlight this week are rappers from New York including Flatbush Zombies, Joey Bada$$, and...
The Walls as Seen from a Train Station: South San Francisco
I wondered if he had felt sick
Because the walls along the tracks were
Gashed with dents, soaked in gray
Neglect.
I wondered if he had...
This is the first installment of Friday Flows, a weekly hip hop playlist. This week features tracks from Travis Scott, Migos, and Young Thug, bringing high energy trap hip hop.
Dirt, rubble, hunger,
dead weeds, broken glass
broken dreams.
The smell of carbon dioxide pollutes the streets
and fills the lungs of young and old and
their empty stomachs
greedy businessmen,
dressed...