Author: Russell Morse

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September 11, 2021

There Was a War: 20 Years of Chaos

I got my start in journalism in the final days of the 20th century, assigned to an unusual beat: school shootings. I was a recent..
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July 4, 2019

FROM THE ARCHIVES: The Making of an American Patriot

Originally published in 2008 EDITOR’S NOTE: In 2008, the day after Barack Obama secured the Democratic presidential nomination, Kwest On Media Editor in Chief Russell..
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April 29, 2019

Requiem for San Francisco’s juvenile hall

Editor’s Note: The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is making plans to permanently close that city’s juvenile hall. The move is a victory for criminal..
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February 28, 2019

“Mad for the Mission”: Remembering the work of San Francisco street photographer Ted Pushinsky one year after his death.

Ted Pushinsky took pictures in the streets of San Francisco since he moved there in the late 1960s. He’s been called the “elder statesman” of..
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August 30, 2018

HAPPY KEVIN WESTON DAY:

Kwest On media was named for our spiritual and intellectual leader Kevin Weston, who mentored so many of the staff here when we were young..
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August 9, 2018

LARGO:

I have always lived in dense urban areas, so when I enter new spaces that many people consider mundane (the suburbs, a freeway town, Midwestern..
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June 8, 2018

The Abbreviated Critic: “Daytona”

Rapper Pusha T released his Kanye-produced 7 track solo album May 25th  to unmitigated cultural acclaim. The achievement of this air tight oral history of..
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June 1, 2018

GRIME AND GLAMOUR

The Kwest On Q&A Charles Jones started taking photos a few years ago after witnessing his brother’s murder. He struggled with PTSD and depression and..
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May 7, 2018

The Abbreviated Critic: “Beer Bongs and Bentleys”

Post Malone’s sophomore album, “Beer Bongs and Bentleys” is the #1 album in the country, went platinum in a couple days, and just broke the..
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April 18, 2018

XANAX RAP: How did an anti-anxiety medication become the drug of choice for a new generation of rappers?

Friday night at the Highline Ballroom, baby-faced rapper Lil Xan led a sold-out crowd of mostly teenage fans as they chanted the chorus to his..
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February 21, 2018

Russell Morse

Russell Morse is a native San Franciscan currently living in New York City. As a journalist, he has covered youth riots in France, juvenile justice..