The California Sunday Magazine – 02-2019

The California Sunday Magazine roams across California, the West, Asia, and Latin America, telling stories for a national audience. We explore science, business, entertainment, politics, technology, art, social issues, sports, food, and more. We’re curious about everything. We publish stories regularly on the web and in print — delivered monthly with select Sunday copies of the Los Angeles Time and San Francisco Chronicle.

In this issue:

The Deported Americans
More than 600,000 U.S.-born children of undocumented parents live in Mexico. What happens when you return to a country you’ve never known?

Freedom is ________.
It’s the essential American ideal. We just can’t agree on what it means. Our correspondent hits the road in search of answers.

“After we married, I would ask him, ‘Will you abandon me?’ ”
For Rohingya women in refugee camps, marriage is both an escape and a trap.

Making Cuco Happen
Omar Banos found fame streaming angsty pop songs from his bedroom. Now he’s a model for how musicians can thrive, unsigned.