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Tidbits – Dec. 1, 2022 – Reader Comments: Railroad Workers Deserve Sick Days; More Gun Violence; Jewish Divide Over Netanyahu; Readers Debate Ukraine; Thanksgiving Origins; Afterlife of Paris Commune; Fifty Year Tribute to Juan González; More

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Reader Comments: Railroad Workers Deserve Sick Days; More Gun Violence; Jewish Divide Over Netanyahu; Readers Debate Ukraine; Thanksgiving Origins; Afterlife of Paris Commune; Fifty Year Tribute to Juan González; More Announcements; Cartoons;

Interview: Reporting on COVID From Behind Bars

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In this conversation, we talk to Juan Moreno Haines, editor of the San Quentin News, about what drew him to investigate the Adjustment Center, and what it was like to report on the prison’s Covid-19 crisis as he was living through it.

Friday Nite Videos | October 14, 2022

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The Trump Allies Who Invoked the Fifth Amendment | Liz Cheney. Crime Reporting | John Oliver. The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales | Movie. The Problem of Gender in Arkansas | Jon Stewart. This Family Made Billions While Killing Half A Million.

Crime Reporting | John Oliver

John Oliver discusses the outlets that cover crime, the incentives that drive them, the flawed sources they rely upon, and an alternative name for Miss Piggy.

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