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Waiting for Godot in a Wasteland

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The most devastated neighborhood in America makes an ideal backdrop for a morally ambiguous play about abandonment.

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Billy Sothern
Billy Sothern, a New Orleans anti-death penalty lawyer and a Soros Justice Media Fellow, is a frequent contributor to...

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