Culture / September 20, 2023 German Like Me How an Afro-German TV series about the GDR’s first Black police officer became an international hit. Linda Mannheim Ad Policy Malick Bauer as Samuel Meffire in Sam: A Saxon. (Disney+) The first thing I did when I finished watching Sam: A Saxon was watch the whole series…
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The Front Burner / September 20, 2023 Florida’s “War on Woke” Is Spurring a Brain Drain Thanks to Ron DeSantis’s education policies, the state is seeing an unprecedented exodus of teachers, professors, and college students. Kali Holloway Ad Policy Students during a Defend New College protest in Sarasota, Fla., on January 31, 2023. (Octavio Jones…
Culture / Books & the Arts / September 20, 2023 Disappearing Juries The rise of the plea bargain. Where Did the Juries Go? While jury trials might have afforded citizens the chance to witness—and even contest—the criminalization of the working class, plea bargains have allowed this criminalization to happen without their knowledge. Matthew Clair Ad…