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Book Review: ‘Champions of Innocence: Inside the Fight Against Wrongful Convictions,’ Edited by Saul Kassin with an Introduction by John Grisham
'Champions of Innocence' introduces readers to the attorneys, forensic scientists, law professors, journalists, and exonerees who have dedicated themselves to pursuing justice for the innocent.
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The "Fisherman's Blues" sessions produced nearly 400 reels of multitrack tape, many of which were simply marked “untitled,” “instrumental,” “unknown,” or “jam” before being stored away...
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Internal conflict derails a Democratic Socialists of America chapter meeting in this acute new comedy from Taylor Jon Gonzalez and Perfect 10.
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Five Black women tell their stories with humor and pathos, embodying the timeless theme that human rights must be ascendant.
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Aaron Lee Tasman's 'Get Over it Underdog' is a Daliesque mirror view of today’s world. An album for our times.
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When Nell plans a weekend with her daughter-in-law Orla to quietly memorialize Robin's death and comfort each other, in 'The Loved Ones,' the opposite of their intentions happens.
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Everything here sounds worthy of the Stones, probably in no small part because it sounds as if they’re still having fun making music. If this is their coda, it's a good one.
Read More »Graphic Novel Review: ‘The Legend of Kamui: Volume 3’ by Shirato Sanpei, from Drawn+Quarterly
As manga's readership grew older, artists like Sanpei created more mature works that kept the action and adventure of the earlier work while also including adult themes and social critique.
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Matt Damon headlines as Odysseus in Christopher Nolan's latest epic film "The Odyssey."
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