Sam Quinones

Every Every Every Generation Has Been the Me Me Me Generation

theatlanticwire.com — which is apparently a marked departure from the Baby Boomers, who were the plain old "Me Generation" (one me, no caps) and who created the "Me Decade" in the 1970s, and who coined the phrase, "But enough about me... Millennials are the "ME ME ME GENERATION," writes Joel Stein for the cover of Time magazine what do you think about me?"

Dean Williams - A Heroin Addict Gets Clean

youtube.com — Dean Williams, a long-time heroin addict in Indianapolis, tells the story of how he got clean. Sam Quinones' Youtube channel -- TrueTalesVideo.

Guerrero: "autodefensas" demandan libre tránsito

milenio.com — Guerrero y México * Eliseo Villar Carrillo, coordinador general de la Coordinadora Regional de Autoridades Comunitarias (CRAC) y de la Casa de Justicia, dirigió un mensaje al presidente Enrique Peña Nieto y al gobernador Ángel Aguirre, y exigió frenar el "hostigamiento", cancelar las causas penales y averiguaciones previas contra de sus integrantes.

A day in the strawberry fields seems like forever

latimes.com — About 30 minutes into my job as a picker, the strawberry fairy left her first gift. On one of the beds of berries that seemed to stretch forever into the Santa Maria marine layer, Elvia Lopez had laid a little bundle of picked fruit.

Laredo, Texas, battles an image problem

latimes.com — LAREDO, Texas - This border city is trying to clear its name. It is so conjoined with its Mexican sister city across the Rio Grande, Nuevo Laredo, that the two are often referred to as "Los Dos Laredos," or simply Laredo. That was great for tourism in happier days.

LOS ANGLES: A guy with a great idea, 99 Cent Store founder dies

samquinones.com — Dave Gold, the founder of one of my favorite stores anywhere, has died of a heart attack at age 80, in the middle-class home he lived in for decades, despite his millionaire net worth. His 99 Cents Stores, which he began right here in Los Angeles, spread to finally include some 300 outlets.

San Diego, Tijuana plan joint bid for 2024 Olympics

latimes.com — The final of the men's 100-meter competition at the London Olympic Games. (Adam Pretty / Associated Press / ) San Diego and Tijuana will soon name a "top-notch" committee to pursue a binational effort to win the right to host the 2024 Olympic Games.

Allan Arbus, ‘M*A*S*H’ Actor, Dies at 95

nytimes.com — Allan Arbus, who left the successful fashion photography business he and his wife, Diane, built to become an actor, most memorably playing the caustic psychiatrist Maj. Sidney Freedman on the hit television series " M*A*S*H," died on Friday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 95.

Bicyclist shot by deputy in South Gate was unarmed, officials say

latimes.com — A man on a bike who was shot by a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy during an alleged confrontation was unarmed, a department official said Monday.

Colleges as country clubs

latimes.com — My daughter is a junior in high school, so I've spent part of this spring making that upper-middle-class pilgrimage known as "the college tour." But as we were led across sweeping lawns by tour guides walking backward, I found myself thinking less about my daughter's looming college experience and more about how different her life will be after she graduates.