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RFRA Rolls On, Tiki Bar Comeback, and the Masterpiece Under the Couch
Most people don’t discover rare 18th century masterpieces rolled up under their sofa, but that’s exactly what happened to Christina Jones Janssen. Also...is the Tiki Bar making a comeback?
By Madeleine Brand • • 52m ListenPresumed Republican presidential candidates were lining up to support the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in Indiana and Arkansas. Now the governors of both states are pulling back. Former students at for-profit Corinthian colleges are protesting paying their student debt. The Tiki Bar is a Hollywood creation; is it making a comeback? Most people don’t discover rare 18th century masterpieces rolled up under their sofa, but that’s exactly what happened to Christina Jones Janssen. And iconic LA architect Rudolph Schindler created one church in South LA. Now it’s up for sale.
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5 storiesThe Politics of Religious Freedom
Asa Hutchinson, the Republican governor of Arkansas, announced today that he won’t sign the state’s “Religious Freedom Restoration Act,” viewed by critics as anti-gay, until it’s changed. And the governor of Indiana, Mike Pence, who has been at the center of the growing backlash against the law also seems to be backtracking from his state’s bill.
Read the story10 minRolling Jubilee and Student Debt
A group of Corinthian College students met with government officials to protest paying their student debt. Corinthian College was forced to sell it’s campuses after an investigation by the feds turned up predatory lending practices.
Read the story9 minTiki Bar Comeback?
The fusion craze in cuisine may have Tiki to thank for its popularity. Tiki bars were some of the first hotspots to serve American spins on Chinese and Hawaiian cuisines in America. And the very first Tiki bar was a Hollywood creation: theatrical service, outsized personalities and sugary sweet cocktail concoctions.
Read the story9 minRare Art Rolled Up Under the Couch
Most people don’t discover rare 18th century masterpieces rolled up under their sofa, but that’s exactly what happened to Christina Jones Janssen. The masterpiece in question? Miguel Cabrera’s From Spaniard and Morisca, Albino. It shows a Spanish father and a Moorish North African mother, and between them, their albino baby.
Read the story12 minSchindler Church Up for Sale
Austrian architect Rudolf Schindler is one of a handful of iconic L.A architects. After he moved to LA in 1920, he embraced the indoor-outdoor lifestyle and created buildings to match. He mainly designed private residences. But he did create one church in South LA.
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