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WR [Marquise Brown](https://www.baltimoreravens.com/team/players-roster/marquise-brown/) The similarities between Marquise Brown and Mark Clayton are impossible to miss. Both were star wide receivers for the Oklahoma Sooners. Both were drafted in the first round by the Ravens – Clayton at No. 22 overall in 2005 and Brown at No. 25 overall in 2019. Yup, quite similar. In his first two seasons in Baltimore, Clayton caught 111 passes for 1,410 yards and seven touchdowns. Brown, in ...

Press Release – Canterbury Museum An exhibition of experimental artworks by acclaimed Christchurch sculptor Graham Bennett opens at Canterbury Museum on Friday. Graham Bennett assembles Converse (2008) at Canterbury Museum AXIS + AXES: Graham Bennett Experimental Works showcases Bennett’s artworks alongside objects from the Museum’s collection that have inspired them. The works on display are the products of Bennett’s experiments with new designs and materials, providing a unique insig...

Tuesday, 25 May 2021, 9:36 am An exhibition of experimental artworks by acclaimed Christchurch sculptor Graham Bennett opens at Canterbury Museum on Friday. Graham Bennett assembles Converse (2008) at Canterbury Museum AXIS + AXES: Graham Bennett Experimental Works showcases Bennett’s artworks alongside objects from the Museum’s collection that have inspired them. The works on display are the products of Bennett’s experiments with new designs and materials, providing a unique insight int...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has, for the third consecutive year, rejected new state funding for local public health departments.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom. | Nic Coury / AP With California’s finances buoyed by unanticipated tax revenues and a $27 billion boost from the American Rescue Plan, Gov. Gavin Newsom on May 14 rolled out a proposed $267.8 billion budget he called “historic” and “transformational,” with infusions of funding for housing, education, healthcare, infrastructure, environmental justice, and immediate relief for families and small businesses. Incorporating parts of the upcoming 2021-22 budge...

Progressives win a major victory in Philadelphia — heres how Michael Candelori, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Larry Krasner FilterMay 19, 2021 Many commentators wanted to see it as a referendum on whether pro-decarceration elected prosecutors are a fad or here to stay. Some thought a loss for Krasner would be "disastrous" for criminal justice reform. False dichotomies were popularized, like the one of "cops versus Krasner," despite the fact that the organization repr...

U.S.|With Violence Rising, Can a Gentler Prosecutor Keep His Seat? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/us/philadelphia-prosecutor-election-Larry-Krasner.html Larry Krasner, Philadelphia’s district attorney, is facing a Democratic primary challenge from Carlos Vega, a veteran prosecutor who argues that Mr. Krasner has made the city less safe.Credit...Caroline Gutman for The New York Times Sections With Violence Rising, Can a Gentler Prosecutor Keep His Seat? Larry Krasner, the district attorney...

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner rallied Saturday with progressive members of City Council and pumped up campaign volunteers ahead of Tuesday’s election. Their appearances were part of a last push by both candidates in the final weekend of the contest. Krasner touted his efforts to reform the prosecutor’s office while speaking to a crowd of about 30 volunteers at an East Germantown playground, an area of the city he won big four years ago. “We’re going to be out ...

When Larry Krasner took over the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office in 2018 after decades as a civil rights and defense lawyer, he quickly overhauled staffing, set policy goals, and instituted a series of tone-setting mandates. For instance, when requesting a prison sentence, each prosecutor was told to state in court the estimated cost to taxpayers of the incarceration. But several busy ...