Last week, it was announced that Zola, a movie based on my Rolling Stone article, “Zola Tells All: The Real Story Behind the Greatest Stripper Saga Ever Tweeted,” and the tweets of A’ziah King, is the most nominated film at the 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards. It’s been amazing to see the journey of this story from Twitter to the big screen. ICYMI, here’s my original article, which ran in Rolling Stone on November 15, 2015.

Thirty percent of the American homeless population and 50 percent of its unsheltered population live in California, more than 170,000 people total. Homelessness is primarily a function of the broader housing-unaffordability crisis, which in turn is primarily a function of how difficult local governments have made building new housing in the places that need it the most. Pundits and politicians routinely claim that the California homelessness crisis is actually a result of people moving from other states for better weather or better public benefits.

I was born in late September. I’m a Libra. My zodiac sign is “The Scales.” I really don’t know what that’s supposed to mean. The Scales is the only inanimate symbol of the zodiac. I really don’t know what that supposed to mean either. Or what that says about me. And it has absolutely nothing to do with the rest of this post. The justice system in America is having a moment.

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Shammi Kapoor (born Shamsher Raj Kapoor; (21 October 1931 – 14 August 2011) was an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi cinema. Kapoor is considered as one of the greatest and most successful actors in the history of Indian cinema. In a career spanning over five decades, Kapoor worked in over 100 films. He is the recipient of two Filmfare Awards, including one for Best Actor. Born to actor Prithviraj Kapoor and a member of the Kapoor family, he made his film debut with the commercially unsuccessful Jeewan Jyoti (1953).