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At Abraham Lincoln High School, black kids play basketball for love, a college scholarship, and—if they can beat the odds—a way out

Response: August 1993, page 77

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November 2009

FINAL EDITION
Twilight of the American Newspaper
By Richard Rodriguez

THE INTELLIGENCE FACTORY
How America Makes Its Enemies Disappear
By Petra Bartosiewicz

PROSPEROUS FRIENDS
A story by Christine Schutt

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