Sunday Notes: NAACP vs. Mississippi, Sixers 1983 Championship
Equality
NAACP sues Mississippi over ‘separate and unequal policing’
NAACP sues Mississippi over ‘separate and unequal policing’ - New York Amsterdam News
The NAACP warns that “separate and unequal policing” will return to Mississippi’s majority-Black capital under a state-run police department, and the civil rights organization is suing the governor and other officials over it.
EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press
NYC
Economic trouble signs emerge for NYC as office vacancy rate keeps rising
Economic trouble signs emerge for NYC as office vacancy rate keeps rising - New York Amsterdam News
Higher interest rates are beginning to take a toll on the New York economy: The city averaged monthly job gains of only 12,000 during the first three months of 2023, well below the monthly average of 19,000 last year.
GREG DAVID, The City, Sam Rabiyah, The City
TV
Americans Get Nostalgic for the Cable TV Experience
Americans Get Nostalgic for the Cable TV Experience
Free streaming services Pluto TV, Tubi, Xumo Play and others show classic TV shows with ads, easing decisions for those overwhelmed with options.
Sarah Krouse and Jessica Toonkel
Sports
The Year We Won It All: A Behind-the-Scenes Oral History of the 76ers’ Epic 1983 Championship
A Behind-the-Scenes Oral History of the 76ers’ Epic 1983 Championship
Forty years ago, after a series of heartbreaking near-misses, the 1982-’83 team landed Moses Malone and didn’t look back. This is the behind-the-scenes story of one of the most dominant seasons in NBA history.
Pete Croatto
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