Who Wins the Doobie Bowl?

Super Bowl Opponents Colorado and Washington Have Both Legalized Marijuana. But Only One State Can Declare Victory.

There will be smoke at the 2014 Super Bowl—at least in the living rooms of some Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos fans. Sunday’s contest pits the two states that have legalized weed, Washington and Colorado, against each other in what ESPN columnist Bill Simmons has dubbed the “Doobie Bowl.”

Colorado and Washington each legalized marijuana for recreational use more than a year ago, and this year, they will become the nation’s first states to sell over-the-counter weed to anyone 21 or over. I’m a diehard NFL fan, the editor-in-keif of Weedmaps.com …

Yes, ‘Breaking Bad’ Got Albuquerque Right

My Hometown Is a Circus of Vice. I Love It Anyway.

When I tell people that I’m from Albuquerque, they usually tell me that’s where Breaking Bad is filmed.

Yes, I reply. Yes, it is.

Breaking Bad has given me a way to …

Is Mexico Finally Turning the Corner?

Journalist Alfredo Corchado Talks About the Surprisingly Hopeful Trajectory of America’s Southern Neighbor

Speaking to a full house at the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles was something of a homecoming, said Alfredo Corchado, Dallas Morning News Mexico bureau chief and author of Midnight in Mexico: …

Born Into the Cycle

Part Three: The Men In My Mother’s Life Could Be Charming, But They Brought Trouble Of Their Own

(In the previous installment of Born Into the Cycle, Lakesha Townsend described growing up with her mother, Gracie Marshel Wilson, known as “Michelle,” in the Imperial Courts project of Watts. …

Born Into the Cycle, Part Two

When I Grew Up In Watts, Michelle Was No Ordinary Mother. That Was Part of the Problem.

(In the previous installment of Born Into the Cycle, Lakesha Townsend described the childhood of her mother, Gracie Marshel Wilson, known as “Michelle.” In this installment, Townsend describes her life …

Take Me Out to the Ballgame

But Spare Me the Lies About Anything Being Possible

Baseball, like America, is based on a lie: that the past doesn’t hold us back; that the old ties and old bonds can be cast away; that each new season …