History Beautiful footage of Parisian life from more than 100 years ago David Pescovitz

art Scanning your negatives will bring your memories into the digital age: here's how Dean Putney

video games Someone just created a House of Leaves-style DOOM mod Thom Dunn

sixties Alex Trebek once interviewed Gordon Lightfoot on a 1960s teen dance show Rusty Blazenhoff

guns Ronald Reagan on Gun Control circa 1989 Elías Villoro

art The Prison Creative Arts Project showcases paintings, sculptures and drawings by the incarcerated Elías Villoro

hip hop Bay Area hip-hop archive opens in Oakland library Rusty Blazenhoff

"The Arab World in the 1970s" is a two-part documentary on politics, culture, economics, and society Elías Villoro

homelessness in america Private equity firms scooping up properties to maximize profits, increasing number of unhoused people Elías Villoro

capitalism The failed promises of exporting American-style capitalism Elías Villoro

music Prince's original version of "Manic Monday," unheard until recently (video) David Pescovitz

politics Baseball and the displacement of Mexican Americans in Los Angeles Elías Villoro

climate change The prosecution of Daniel McGowan and the Earth Liberation Front. Elías Villoro

National Football League Resources that shine a critical light on the NFL Jennifer Sandlin

History Bastards of the Party: a ­documentary about why gangs emerged in L.A. Elías Villoro

Ducks Breath Mystery Theater Legendary comedy troupe Duck's Breath Mystery Theater has released two of their hilarious albums Jason Weisberger

Tim Burton The Cramps haunting the charts thanks to Tim Burton's Wednesday series Gareth Branwyn