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The Execution of Burton Abbott | Bancroft Microfilm
News21In 1957, UC Berkeley student Burton Abbott was tried, convicted and executed for the kidnapping and killing of a 14-year-old girl. The case was based on purely circumstantial evidence, and a created a media frenzy in its day. This tool allows users to look at the news articles leading up to the execution, and vote on whether they thought Abbott was guilty of his crime. ( This project was done entirely in HTML5, no Flash used. ) More…
A Close Look at Racial Politics Behind Bars
News21California is going through the fragile process of desegregating the housing quarters of all of its prisons. In February 2010, Folsom State Prison became the fourth prison in the system to integrate its housing program. This map shows some of the politics that go into a typical prison yard at Folsom, and why many inmates are not happy about the integration policies. More…
Powering a Nation: An Inuit Village Loses Its Land
News21: North CarolinaNews21 reporter Anna York traveled to Newtok, Alaska, to see how the rising sea threatens an American culture. Accompanied by photographer Phil Daquila, her story explores villagers losing their way of life -- and their land. The project received an NPPA monthly award and has been featured on 32 Gannett Web sites, on their climate change special reports. This project is supported by the Carnegie Corp. and Knight Foundation. More…
Powering a Nation
UNC-Chapel HillEnergy makes America go. But the way we get it is more complex and vulnerable than most of us realize. The truth about energy is that change won't come easily. Here, you can explore America’s energy stories, meet the people behind the debate and join the conversation about our future. This project was UNC-Chapel Hill's contribution to News21, a Carnegie and Knight initiative developed to foster innovation in journalism. More…
Homeland Security: National Imperative or Business as Usual?
News21The Department of Homeland Security was given a crucial mandate at its inception in 2002. But while there have been no terrorist attacks on U.S. soil since 9/11 – a credit to the intelligence, military and law enforcement services as well as to DHS – our extensive reporting has uncovered serious questions about the management and effectiveness of this 180,000-employee department. More…
U.S. Military Abroad, The
News21The American military is in the midst of a profound shift in strategy that is reshaping its presence, and in many cases, its mission, around the world. During the summer of 2006, we reported these stories, cultural, economic, political and environmental – about the nearly half-million women and men serving the security interests of the United States overseas. More…
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