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The California governor commuted Rahsaan "New York" Thomas 55 1/2 years to life sentence, now putting his fate in the hands of the state parole board.

From Judith Joy Ross’s timeless portraits to the “photobook phenomenon,” here are this year's highlights in photography and ideas.

Looking back at another year of inspiring, insightful and entertaining talks from the Nicer Tuesdays stage – both physical and virtual.

Perspectives from a photography professor at San Quentin. Plus, the latest on Pell.

From Anthony Bourdain to David Sedaris to “Ear Hustle,” these deeply personal accounts are particularly suited to audio.

Book club returns with Ron and Clint Howard, 'The Boys' of 1960s TV.

Our pick of the best podcasts on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more covering technology, culture, science, politics and new ideas

With issues of truth more pressing than ever, Alan Govenar started an online space for critical discussion about the role of images in contemporary life.

Save this story for later. There are giant frescoed murals in a dining hall at San Quentin State Prison, scenes of California history populated by figures whose eyes move with you as you walk past them. I saw them tracking me when I was once in that room, so I know that the rumor about the eyes is more than a myth. The murals were started in 1953 by an artist named Alfredo Santos, who would serve four years of a sentence at San Quentin. As I stood in that dining hall, listening to the lore abou...

The long-running grassroots public art project Art in Odd Places returns with an edition curated by Furusho von Puttkammer that questions the idea of a return to “normal” after the pandemic with works critiquing U.S. politics and the mythos of the American Dream. Projects will range from the outlandish to the poignant. Lawyer-turned-artist Tootsie Warhol will be in character as ex-president Donald Trump to complain about Kehinde Wiley outsourcing the creation of Obama’s official portrait ...