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Too Little, Too Late: Sacramento PD Changes Foot Chase Policy After Killing of #StephonClark
Sacramento police officers have a new foot chase policy as of late last month, and it is reportedly in response to the shooting death of Stephon Clark five months ago. KCRA reports that the new policy requires officers to consider their personal safety, the safety of the public as well as the suspect, and “the…
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Kofi Annan, Former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Dead at 80
Kofi Annan, the well-respected former Secretary-General of the United Nations who also won a Nobel Peace Prize, died Saturday after a short illness. He was 80 years old. His family and the Kofi Annan Foundation confirmed his death via Twitter and said he was surrounded by his wife and their three children in his last…
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Betsy DeVos Thinks Black Students Are Too Stupid to Understand Her Plans, According to Omarosa's New Book
Raise your hand if you count yourself among those of us who are ready to go ahead and purchase Omarosa’s new book even though it pains us to support someone who so willingly sold out her own people, but we will do it anyway because the tea is scalding at this point. Listen. I know…
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Don’t Come For Cardi Unless She Sends For You, Bih!
As the resident Cardi B stan here at The Root, I fully understand that not everyone is here for her, and not everyone has an appreciation for her style. It comes with the territory. There will always be someone who has something negative to say about a star, no matter what it is. For the…
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Company Tells Woman Via Email Her ‘Ghetto’ Name Disqualified Her From Employment
We’ve all heard people say that those with Afrocentric or non-European sounding names stand a greater chance of being eliminated early in the job-hunting process. There are even some who suspect that their name is why they never got a call back after submitting their resume, but I believe this is the first time I…
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#NetNeutrality: Will FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Face the Music at a Congressional Hearing This Week?
Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai is going to have some explaining to do when he appears before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on Thursday morning at a hearing titled “Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).” Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), the chairman of the committee, said, “From efforts to better utilize…
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Irony: Jeff Sessions Seemingly Hates Mexicans But Loves Mexican Food
I’m sitting here grossing myself out and trying to figure out if I have ever seen a picture that shows a close-up shot of U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ crotch. The reason I’m wondering if I have seen a picture of his crotch is that I have no doubt he has cajones the size of…
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The White House Keeps Making Excuses for Its Senior Staff to Side-Step the Law
The White House is the perfect example of that parent that tells you what the rules are and how important they are for you to follow but then proceeds to break every single one of them right in your face. Then, when you question why you have to follow the rules that they so easily…
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What Did Rick Gates Tell Robert Mueller?
Paul Manafort’s former right-hand man, Rick Gates, is somehwere in a private room with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, doing his Minnie Ripperton impression—singing in his best four-octave coloratura soprano and hitting all the high notes, even the ones that only dolphins—or Mariah Carey—can interpret. And it’s a song so beautiful that Mueller doesn’t…
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Lil Rel, Sinbad and David Alan Grier Bring the Funny to Fox This Fall
David Alan Grier says the secret to longevity in the comedy and acting game is being fun to work with. I caught up with theater, comedy, and television veteran along with his longtime friend—Emmy Award nominee Martin Mull (Veep, Roseanne)—on the red carpet at the Fox Summer TCA 2018 last week. “You have to be…
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