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ReduxStock: Photo by William Widmer/Redux of Bryan Cranston in the UK’s The Guardian G2 section - June 16, 2023 (via our partner eyevine).

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ReduxStock: Photo by William Widmer/Redux of Bryan Cranston, in People magazine, January 23, 2023.

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Is American Healing Even Possible?

In an extended interview, the Reverend William J. Barber II explains why healing the soul of the nation will take more than returning to “normal.”

ReduxStock: Photo by William Widmer of Reverend William J. Barber II, in The Atlantic, November 29, 2020.

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America Is Being Pummeled by Disasters

Hurricane Laura, the strongest storm on record to strike Louisiana, is yet another calamity on top of wildfires, wind storms, and the pandemic.

ReduxStock: Photo by the New York Times photographer William Widmer of people getting help at a event center Lake Charles, Louisiana before Hurricane Laura landfall, in The Atlantic, August 27, 2020.

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This Mississippi town still celebrates the Confederacy every year with a musical

Amid national protests against racism, the town of Natchez, Mississippi, remains devoted to its annual show celebrating the Confederacy

ReduxStock: Photos by William Widmer of the town of Natchez, Mississippi, which has continued to hold a Tableaux about the Confederacy, and how it’s changing, in The New York Post, August 15, 2020.

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William Widmer photographed Roslyn Crouch, who was arrested in New Orleans, briefly incarcerated, and potentially at risk of contracting Covid-19 along with may other inmates across the country, for The New Yorker, May 25, 2020.

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The Judge Will See You On Zoom, But The Public Is Mostly Left Out

Volunteers who monitor courts across the country say they are getting little access to online-only proceedings.

ReduxStock: Photo by The New York Times photographer William Widmer of The Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, on The Marshall Project, April 13, 2020.

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Mississippi Prison Killings: Five Factors Behind the Deadly Violence

Understaffing, powerful gangs and constant lockdowns brew tensions that exploded last week.

ReduxStock: Photo by The New York Times photographer William Widmer of the entrance of the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, for an article on The Marshall Project, January 8, 2020.