in an ironic turn of events, the police union is now demanding an “independent prosecutor”

Jesus, no. That’s the Tampa Bay jersey. While they are synonymous, they aren’t even spelled the same.

“Are you sure you’ve thought this through?”

“I have a dream to go to Harvard Business School and one of these days I will do that... in my spare time”

Little Blake Lively down the block might be going to Harvard!

End of an era. When Jones left I got a bit nostalgic but I teared up a little last night. I hope Aasif Mandvi and Jessica Williams do stay, we should still have someone from Stewart’s era reporting.

Tell them severing a man’s spine for resisting arrest is not the answer. Choking a man on the sidewalk for selling loose cigarettes is also not the answer. Tell them you agree. Violence is not the answer.

Reading those words, in that handwriting, is absolutely gut-wrenching.

After reading so much bad journalism and shit reporting; Diana, this is the best piece of journalism I have read in a while. Good on you!

This comment isn’t creepy at all.

Yeah I mean what about the damage to local tea suppliers???

The same thing happens when white people read a history book. A bunch of white dudes rioted over unfair taxation and lack of political representation, and we regard them as heroes. They’re “revolutionaries” and “founding fathers.” But when black people riot because they’re literally being shot dead in the streets,…

Racist trolls were angry she was cast in the movie, of course they won’t leave her alone.

I love her. She’s so young but she’s so freaking... right? smart? outspoken? all of the above I think. I hope she goes on to do great things, and I’m so glad she has a platform to reach people on right now. (Also I really hope the racist trolls leave her alone, since being outspoken about this shit seems to attract…

The people who love it all identify with district 12... they don’t realize that they are actually residents of the Capitol.

I’ve been on both sides of the peer review process - as a reviewer and an author submitting something to a journal - and I can tell you that although it’s critical to the scientific process, it can oftentimes be an utter joke. One time I got comments back on a manuscript that sounded as if they were literally for a…

This is one of the many reasons why peer reviews should be anonymous both ways, reviewers shouldn't know for whom they are reviewing.