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Paige Williams

Paige Williams, a staff writer, writes U.S. Journal, a series that Calvin Trillin created, in The New Yorker, in 1967. She is the author of “ The Dinosaur Artist ” and the winner of a 2024 Mirror Award.

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Shonelle Jackson may become the first American to be executed despite a jury’s unanimous vote for life. Paige Williams reports from Alabama.