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California is closing San Quentin’s death row. This is its gruesome history
2 years, 10 months ago

California is closing San Quentin’s death row. This is its gruesome history

LA Times  

California’s death row is at San Quentin prison, on a spit of land jutting into the San Francisco Bay. Former warden Clinton T. Duffy, who wrote a book about his San Quentin years, agreed: “I have never heard of a rich man being executed in this state — a man with means enough for a good defense.” Capital punishment “is …

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Immanuel Wilkins: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
3 years, 10 months ago

Immanuel Wilkins: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

NPR  

Immanuel Wilkins: Tiny Desk Concert NPR Music's Tiny Desk series will celebrate Black History Month by featuring four weeks of Tiny Desk concerts and playlists by Black artists spanning different genres and generations each week. The lineup includes both emerging and established artists who will be performing a Tiny Desk concert for the first time. "One of the brightest things …

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The anxieties looming over Black Americans on Election Day
4 years, 1 month ago

The anxieties looming over Black Americans on Election Day

CNN  

Washington CNN — For Black Americans especially, Tuesday’s vote is one of the most consequential in the country’s history. “Absent being able to articulate a cogent plan for a second term or find an attack against Joe Biden that will stick, disenfranchising enough voters has become key to reelection strategy.” Police brutality High-profile shooting deaths of Black Americans have occurred …

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Dodgers’ Mookie Betts narrates MLB video tribute to Jackie Robinson
4 years, 3 months ago

Dodgers’ Mookie Betts narrates MLB video tribute to Jackie Robinson

LA Times  

It was poetic, profound and pointed, the words of one Dodgers legend brought to life by a star of the franchise’s future. “I cannot say I have it made while our country drives full speed ahead toward a deeper rift between men and women of varying colors, speeds along a course toward more and more racism,” Betts said, his voice …

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