The True Story Behind Steven Spielberg's New Movie, The Post
In honor of dogged truth tellers everywhere, here are a few more real-life stories Mr. Spielberg might want to dig into.
By Zoe Donaldson
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Taking Liberties
Deportland isn't a new Portlandia spin-off; it's the nickname Portland, Oregon, earned in 2000 after immigration officers at the city's airport barred many foreign travelers from entering. Muscle flexing by the Immigration and Naturalization Service sent journalists at the Oregonian on a four-month investigative tear. What if the stories of those affected—a family ripped apart because of bungled paperwork, a Sri Lankan asylum seeker who was jailed for almost four years—unfolded as interlocking, hauntingly human vignettes? Travel bans, take cover.
From the
January 2018 issue of
O, The Oprah Magazine
