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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — It's been more than a decade since Randy Gardner's brother was the last U.S. inmate executed by firing squad, years the Utah man says have been filled with nightmares about what he describes as his brother's “gruesome” death. Now, Gardner is among advocates spending time in South Carolina, speaking out about why he feels the method shouldn't be used here.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — It's been more than a decade since Randy Gardner's brother was...

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Ms. magazine and their podcast on Monday to promote her new book, Huddle: How Women Unlock Their Collective Power. Women need to huddle with each other to win over male-dominated spaces. Host Michele Goodwin asked Baldwin why she was leaving CNN, and the answer seemed to be, she couldn't be enough of an activist!  I actually think the biggest part of the answer is because of this book and because of these trailblazing women, who I have had the privilege of interviewing, kind of like when you finish this journey of holding space with women like Gloria Steinem, and Stacey Abrams, and Megan R...

Joe Biden, Who Vowed to Abolish Executions, Urged to Commute Death Row Sentences On 3/4/21 at 6:36 AM EST As President Joe Biden approaches the mid-way point of his first 100 days in office, activists and civil rights groups are continuing to call on him to take action on ending the federal death penalty. Several were carried out during former president Donald Trump's lame duck months and the final three executions took place just days before Biden's inauguration. On a campaign website, Biden—a death penalty opponent—pledged that, as president, he would "work to pass legislation to elimin...