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Poem: I Now Pronounce You Dead https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/magazine/poem-i-now-pronounce-you-dead.html By Martín Espada Jan. 22, 2021 The federal death penalty has returned. Once, while I was in prison, I saw a man talk to a man on death row. The first man had no idea his friend would be executed. He asked, “When are you coming home?” The silence that followed has never left me. Martín Espada’s poem says that Bartolomeo Vanzetti was more than whatever the state chose to execute him for. This is the poem that asks us if it’s OK to name the date we’ll murder and bury another....

WA high school graduates take next steps towards future as university offers released We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement When Savindi Wimalarathne gets a vaccine or injection, her mind isn’t on the potential pain but rather what the doctors and medical staff are doing and why. Savindi Wimalarathne is all smiles after accepting an offer to UWA to study medicine. Credit:Lauren Pilat Ever since Savindi was young she liked hospitals because she enjoyed watching how everyone worked together, hoping one ...

After killing cousin, Clyde Meikle found purpose in prison. Now he's getting out early. Kelan Lyons, CTMirror.org FacebookTwitterEmail 1of17 Cheshire Correctional Institution on Sept. 23, 2020. Thirteen years earlier, the site of an informal mock trial for incarcerated men organized by Clyde Meikle.Yehyun Kim / CTMirror.orgShow MoreShow Less 2of17 A photo of Clyde Meikle from a graduation ceremony for his associate’s degree on display in his mother’s home.Yehyun Kim / CTMirror.orgShow MoreShow Less 3of17 4of17 Dimaya Williams, 6, looks at photos of her uncle Clyde Meikle in prison with h...

Clyde Meikle is a "poster boy candidate" for release from prison. If he can't get a sentence modification, who can?

Comments Bill Withers Was a Working Man Who Became a StarSkip to Comments The comments section is closed. To submit a letter to the editor for publication, write to letters@nytimes.com. The Lives They Lived By Reginald Dwayne Betts 4 He went from manual labor to musical phenomenon in a matter of months, but his struggles were always there in the music. The Lives They Lived Remembering some of the artists, innovators and thinkers we lost in the past year. Bill Withers at the Rainbow Theater in London in 1973. Fin Costello/Redferns, via Getty Images The Lives They Lived b. 1...