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Judge of Characters: Your President Is Clueless
This week, the orange crayon of a human being proved that he’s just as clueless as we all thought he was. Donald Trump’s list of stupidity starts with champing at the bit to meet with Kim Kardashian West and goes into not knowing the words to “God Bless America,” then extends down to claiming that…
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An Ode to Scamming and NYC: Rapper Awkwafina on the Diversity and Strength of Ocean’s 8
If Paris is the City of Lights, then New York is the City of Hustle. Perhaps no other city in the world is so emblematic of competition and drive—the Frank Sinatra-era mantra, “If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere,” indelibly imprinted into the city’s ethos no matter which borough or which…
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Streetwise Video Blogger Slain in Chicago
Zachary Stoner Called Himself the ‘Hood CNN’ Chicago Tribune Finds Predators on School Staffs Craig Melvin Puts Bill Clinton on Defense 90% of Editors of Large Papers Are White, 73% Male Memphis Reporter Escapes Deportation, for Now Journalist Not Guilty After Pipeline Arrest ‘All Things Considered’ Airs From Puerto Rico Walter Stovall, Editor, Trainer of…
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Why Everyone Needs to Know About Alice Marie Johnson, the Great-Grandmother Who Is Serving a Life Sentence [Update: Johnson’s Sentence Commuted]
Updated: Wednesday, June 6, 2018, 3:53 p.m. EDT: President Donald Trump commuted Alice Marie Johnson’s sentence on Wednesday, and she will be released from prison after spending 21 years behind bars for a first-time, nonviolent drug offense. Trump didn’t give Johnson a full pardon, which would have cleared her record. Instead, he opted to reduce…
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LGBTQ Icons Define What ‘Pride’ Means to Them
Editor’s note: For Pride Month, The Root and Jezebel are teaming up once again for JezeRoot, with content by writers of color around everyday life for LGBTQ individuals. Pride Month is here, and JezeRoot is back! This month, we celebrate the beauty and vastness of the LGBTQ community and its contributions to this world—and what…
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Eagles ‘Disinvited’ From the White House Because Trump Is Petty
The Philadelphia Eagles were recently disinvited from the White House. A recent statement from President Donald Trump said that the 2018 Super Bowl champions were “unable” to come to the White House because “they disagree with their president” about standing during the national anthem. Here are the facts: Fewer than 10 Eagles had planned to…
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New Art-School Grad Has Already Landed New Yorker Cover
Loveis Wise Is in Rare Company Seeing No Diversity, Philly Papers Drop Ad Agency Harold Jackson Leaving Philadelphia for Houston Report on Massive Puerto Rico Toll Overshadowed Outrage Builds on Separation of Families Spanish Again the Most Polarizing Language in U.S. ‘We . . . Got the George Takei Assault Wrong’ ‘Asian American’ at 50:…
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This Baker, Entrepreneur and Mother Is Fighting for Section 8 Tenants to Be Able to Use Medical Cannabis
Editor’s note: This story was previously published on EstroHaze, a multimedia company highlighting the business and lifestyles of multicultural women in the cannabis industry. Six years ago, Uneeda Nichols of Washington, D.C., struggled to lead a normal life. She suffered from painful physical and mental ailments, and her regimen of pharmaceutical treatments came with the…