The Drag Show Must Go On:  Provincetown in the Age of Coronavirus

The Drag Show Must Go On:  Provincetown in the Age of Coronavirus

Two venues in the tip-of-Cape-Cod town of Provincetown are offering live entertainment outdoors, including drag queen shows, this summer.

That's down from the 20 or so live-entertainment venues usually available during summertime in Provincetown, which has the highest percentage of same-sex couples in the United States.

Sluggishness of Police Reform Feeds Frustration:  Would More Foot Patrol Help?
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Sluggishness of Police Reform Feeds Frustration:  Would More Foot Patrol Help?

Ira Stoll

Twenty-five years ago, the Los Angeles Times published a two-part investigative series I wrote about fatal shootings by police in Ventura County.

The first article quoted both grieving relatives and police officers who themselves were traumatized after the shootings. "My son is dead. I want to know why," said the mother of a 23-year-old who was shot by police after he had leveled an empty shotgun at them.

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