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Six days of horror: America’s thirst for executions returns with a vengeance

Five executions, five states: a glut of judicial killing not seen in 20 years took place last week – and there was nothing random about it

The Guardian - US

On Juneteenth, monument dedicated in Alabama to those who endured slavery

The Equal Justice Initiative nonprofit invoked the Juneteenth holiday as it dedicated a monument that honors the people who endured and survived slavery

The Independent UK

Jazz, justice and Juneteenth: Wynton Marsalis and Bryan Stevenson join forces to honor Black protest

Civil rights lawyer and jazz pianist Bryan Stevenson and Pulitzer-winning jazz artist Wynton Marsalis are debuting a new live performance album of historic jazz records created in time for Juneteenth to protest racial injustice

The Independent UK

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Freedom Monument Park tells honest story of enslaved people

The new Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Montgomery, Alabama, is designed to get visitors closer to the experiences of enslaved people in America.

WEKU

‘A narrative of triumph’: a powerful 17-acre site in Alabama remembers enslavement

The Equal Justice Initiative has created an expansive new experience that aims to pay an honest tribute to courage and resilience as an American equivalent to a Holocaust memorial

The Guardian - US

SCOTUS allows first nitrogen execution

"The world is watching," Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned before Kenny Smith was put to death Thursday

Salon

Opal Lee, ‘grandmother of Juneteenth,’ discusses national museum, legacy of slavery

FORT WORTH, Texas — Growing up in Texas, Opal Lee celebrated Juneteenth by picnicking and dancing with her family at Sycamore Park in Fort Worth.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom launches national campaign to fight ‘authoritarian leaders’

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday launched a national campaign to counter the GOP agenda and announced that he’s hitting the road to “take the fight to states where freedom is most under attack.”

Los Angeles Times

Biden awarding 1st batch of arts, humanities medals Tuesday

Singer Jose Feliciano, actress Mindy Kaling and fashion designer Vera Wang are among artists being honored by President Joe Biden with the National Medal of Arts

The Independent UK

Our pick of the 12 best court room dramas on film, from Oscar-nominated Anatomy of a Fall to Saint Omer

From John Grisham adaptations, to black-and-white classics, we select the court room classics

Evening Standard

Alabama extends time for executions, ends automatic review

Alabama has changed death penalty procedures to give the prison system longer to carry out executions — a move that comes after a string of troubled lethal injections in the state — and also eliminated an automatic review for trial errors

The Independent UK

King’s legacy depends on being a part of change, leaders say

ATLANTA — The youngest daughter of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. says his message of equality — while not easy to carry out — remains a mandate to take action, to save the future of all children and the world.

Tribune News Service

Were your kids' glasses made by slaves?

A public records request connects children's eyeglasses to labor exploitation in prisons

Salon

Read what a judge told Elizabeth Holmes before sending her to prison for 11 years

Read exactly what the judge told former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes before he sentenced her to 11 years in federal prison.

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