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Jack Barlow

Jack Barlow is a New Zealand born, US-based freelance journalist. Email him at jackshbarlow@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter at @jackshbarlow.

Edwin Edwards (Reuters/Jonathan Bachman)

“Vote for the crook!” How 86-year-old ex-con Edwin Edwards turned a House race upside down

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Zelma Redding (AP/Damian Dovarganes)

Otis Redding’s widow: “I always thought everything he sang, he sang for me”

Jack Barlow