Looking back at Tiananmen Square

We were watching T.V.
Watching T.V.
We were watching T.V.
Watching T.V.
In Tiananmen Square
Lost my baby there
My yellow rose
In her bloodstained clothes**
Last week it was 20 years ago that the Tiananmen Square massacre took place. For those of us who are too young to remember: after weeks of continued protests on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, on the 4th [...]

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Baltimore, Maryland, is one of the most crime-ridden cities in the United States. The rampant drug trade, above all, continues to keep its murder rates at more than five times those of New York. Journalist David Simon has gained deep insights into this quagmire. Not only was he a long-time police reporter at a local [...]

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