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Tony Gwynn hit a magnificent .338 for his career.
Joe Posnanski • The Baseball 100
A PORTRAIT OF MEXICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS IN SOUTH TEXAS: 1930-1979 : Legacy of a People
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I even felt protective of him in that moment, surprised, and slightly awed, by the fact that he held on to such grand visions of what life could offer.
Hua Hsu • Stay True: A Memoir (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
It was, he knew, about choosing his fights. He could have easily had a dozen pitched battles a day, more if he wanted. He could’ve taken on the whole system. He could have given the graffiti writers fines of a thousand dollars so that they’d never be able to pay it. Or he could’ve sentenced the firework kids on Mott Street to six months. He could’v
... See moreColum McCann • Let the Great World Spin
What are they saying now, and what have they said in the past? Do they send different messages to different audiences? Have they voted or taken other actions on the issue? Have they courted endorsements, contr... See more
Jeff South • Are journalists serving Virginia's voters well? Election could offer insights on media on national level
a man who lived as if the wild places of the hemisphere were his for the taking.
Rich Cohen • The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King
Oscar Collazo received a death sentence (later commuted to life in prison). Back on the island, Luis Muñoz Marín assured the FBI’s J. Edgar Hoover that he’d do everything in his power to eradicate the “lawless lunatics.” His police rounded up more than a thousand purported nationalists and tried them on various charges for violating the Gag Law. Th
... See moreDaniel Immerwahr • How to Hide an Empire
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