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All-American Jewish lesbian folk singer Phranc tells The Times how she forged her feminist voice before most riot grrrls were born.

Whiting, N.J.: I’m a Yankees fan since 1978, but I was deeply offended at the deceitful way they marketed their “Satchel Paige Bobblehead Night” event on Thursday, May 11, at the stadium. Paige was pictured wearing a Yankees uniform as if he were a member of our team at one time. He was a member of the New York Black Yankees, a Negro Leagues team, for only one year in 1941. Jackie Robinson didn’t break Major League Baseball’s color barrier until 1947 and the Yanks could have elevated Paige to the big leagues then, but we didn’t and the Cleveland Indians grabbed him in 1948.

SETTLE and Kirkby Malham schoolchildren have been finding out about how the Yorkshire Dales is an important breeding ground for the Eurasian Curlew.

Swarthmore, Pa.: With more than 130 mass shootings in the U.S. so far this year, we are on pace to record a staggering 500-plus mass shooting events in 2023. In fact, firearms are now the leading cause of death for young people in this country.

This weekend marks 100 years from the massacre of eight IRA anti-treaty men at Ballyseedy.