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TGIF: Abortion, Guns, and Other Polite Topics of Conversation
TGIF: Abortion, Guns, and Other Polite Topics of Conversation
Former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett arrives at the Leighton Criminal Courts Building to hear the verdict in his trial on December 9, 2021, in Chicago. Smollett was found guilty of five of the six counts against him. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Plus: Jussie Smollett's self-administered hate crime. And that time I met Elizabeth Holmes.
By Nellie Bowles
12.10.21 — TGIF
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TGIF: Abortion, Guns, and Other Polite Topics of Conversation

Welcome back to the Friday news roundup with Common Sense. We have all the news we’re watching this week—and there has been a lot. We’re especially riveted by the trial of Jussie Smollett (why did he do it?) and the ongoing case of Elizabeth Holmes. Read on for the time I rubbed elbows with the Blood Queen. 

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Nellie Bowles
Nellie Bowles is a reporter for The Free Press and its head of strategy. She was previously a reporter at The New York Times, where she won the Gerald Loeb Award for investigative journalism and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award. She started her career at her hometown paper, the San Francisco Chronicle.
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