A Sigh of Relief: Talking About Justice & Accountability

A Sigh of Relief: Talking About Justice & Accountability

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A Sigh of Relief: Talking About Justice & Accountability
A Sigh of Relief: Talking About Justice & Accountability
Why Accountability?

Why Accountability?

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Dashka Slater
Nov 07, 2022
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In 2017, I published a nonfiction true crime narrative called The 57 Bus, about two teenagers on either side of a high-profile crime. One teenager was nonbinary. One was Black. Each of them was trying to figure out how to write their own story in a world that already had a script prepared for them. Based on a story I’d written for the New York Times Mag…

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