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My name is Lee Hawkins. I've been a journalist for over 25 years. On my new

podcast, What Happened in Alabama, I get answers to some of the hardest questions about how things came to be for many black Americans

and the truth that must come before any reconciliation can happen.

I investigate my family history, my upbringing in Minnesota, and my father's

painful nightmares about growing up in Alabama.

What happened in Alabama is a new series confronting the cycles of trauma for myself, my family,

and for many black Americans.

Listen now. Red lobster struggles after offering a sea of shrimp.

From Marketplace, I'm Nancy Marshall Genser in for David Barncaccio.

The Red Lobster restaurant chain has officially filed for bankruptcy protection.

The national chain of seafood restaurants

has struggled in recent years with high labor costs,

expensive leases, and a popular promotion that ate into profits.

Marketplace's Henry Epp reports. Some of promotion that

aid into profits, Marketplace's Henry Epp reports.

Some of Red Lobster's troubles can be traced back to its purchase by a private equity firm a decade ago.

Under that firm's leadership, the chain sold its properties to a real estate company, then leased them back.

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