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Wesley Bell Wastes No Time Making Changes in St. Louis County Prosecutor's Office
Newly elected St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell wasted no time cleaning up shop and making changes after being sworn in on Jan. 1. On his second day in office Wednesday, he fired the assistant prosecutor who failed to get an indictment against former Ferguson, Mo., police officer Darren Wilson in the 2014 shooting death…
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Donald Trump Gives a Fake Press Briefing Because Nancy Pelosi Was Getting All the Attention
Your “president” is a stunt queen who manufactures drama. He doesn’t like anyone to get more attention than he does, and he will do anything to put a stop to that. Today was no exception. As you know, the 116th Congress was sworn in today—with Nancy Pelosi reprising her role as speaker of the House.…
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Donald Trump Engages in a Little More Revisionist History, aka Lying
Donald Trump is the epitome of a jilted lover—if said jilted lover had the skin tone of a mandarin, a stupid toupee, and nonexistent intelligence. The reason we can say this is simple: Every time there is another departure from the White House or his administration, he is usually cool with it as long as…
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'Hidden Figure' Shelby Jacobs, Who Designed a Camera System for NASA, Finally Getting His Due Nearly 51 Years Later
If you have ever seen the iconic images of NASA’s Apollo 6 launch that took place in 1968, you have seen Shelby Jacobs’ work, whether you realized it or not. In 1965, Jacobs was given the task of designing a camera system that could capture the rocket separations for the unmanned Apollo 6 launch. He…
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UMass Says You Can't Say 'Fuck Nazis' Because It's Not Inclusive
For a lot of students, college is where you figure out what interests you, discover your passions, and in some cases become a vocal advocate for the causes you believe in. Freedom of speech is the very basis of our civil liberties, and nowhere should that be championed more than on college campuses. Unfortunately, one…
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Your 'President' Is a Big Fat Liar Who Seems Obsessed With Walls
I’m sure as “President” Donald Trump sat up on Monday night writing out his new year resolutions, “stop lying” was not one of them. It is abundantly clear that he intends to keep lying no matter what because it is his favorite pastime—second only to shoveling Big Macs into his gullet. His latest set of…
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Marijuana Decriminalization in Maryland Has Not Stopped Implicit Bias nor Institutional Racism Against Black People
Although marijuana has been decriminalized in the state of Maryland, black people in Baltimore are still disproportionately arrested for cannabis offenses, according to an analysis of Baltimore Police Department data supplied by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Baltimore Fishbowl worked with the Baltimore Institute for Nonprofit Journalism and data researcher Andy Friedman to look at…
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Civil Rights Lawsuit Accuses California Sheriff’s Deputies of Chipping Woman’s Tooth, Splitting Her Lip
What is it with law enforcement agencies in Sacramento, Calif., and their reported propensity for injuring, maiming, and even killing those citizens they attempt to arrest, book or detain in custody? In a federal civil rights lawsuit filed Dec. 20, 27-year-old Davisha Mitchell accuses two Sacramento sheriff’s deputies of smashing her head into a wall…
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The Biggest Losers of 2018: Donald Trump and the American People
We lost yet again, America. Our president is the biggest idiot that ever lived. We legit have a “serially bankrupt carnival barker” in the highest office in the land, and it appears that for the time being, there is nothing we can do about it. We can no longer hold the office of the presidency…
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The Biggest Winners of 2018
As we reach this final day of the year in 2018, The Root takes our annual look back at the people, organizations and movements that captured our attention over the past year. From a Bronx rapper who was unapologetically herself to a former first lady who wrote candidly about her experience in the White House…
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