Here's the Newsbites for this week. Obama punishes Russia for interfering with the U.S. election. Trump tweets again. And we're starting to not fall for it.
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A total stranger paid for my hotel room in Chicago. Literally just b/c he overheard me trying to figure out wtf do while stranded on an overnight trip back to NYC. It's a long story from a 3 day trek from St. Louis to NYC, right in time for New Year's Eve. And in all that adventure, I learned a pretty dope lesson about the kindness of others. I also slept through most of New Year's Day.
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Prison lobbies force rural White communities, and their electors, to choose between policies that destroy Black lives, or economic decline.
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Couldn't afford to buy Grandma a gift for Christmas this year, so I made her a home video - just like back in the day. - Paul N.
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Let's talk about the assassination of the Russian Ambassador to Turkey, and why we can't ignore #Aleppo. Plus, Tilda Swinton needs to stop with the fake liberalism. Also, Senior Producer Tatiana Escalant helped me get home to my family for the holidays!! Oh, and we are FUNDRAISING in January 2017. AND the team just got even bigger.
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YOU CAN'T DIE HERE Episode 2: "What Does He Want?"
Synopsis: Richard's unexpected guest gives him an even more cryptic warning..
Episode 3: Hood Chef Sometimes the journey makes the story, and that's definitely how i felt when thinking about how I met Hood Chef. In fact, his story shows a perfect example of how local communities can create their own cultural capital.
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Texas is enacting a law that requires all fetal remains - from both abortions and miscarriages to have a funeral. A federal judge blocked the order, until a ruling can be made on the lawsuit reproductive rights groups have put forth to stop the law from going into place. The effect of the law is quite clear in that it’s meant to both shame women from having abortions, and also make the process prohibitively costly.
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Why is Trump the only person "telling it like it is?" Where are all the good folks out there? You step up.
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You Can't Die Here | Epsisode 1: Older siblings hate it when you steal their junk food. But when Richard’s forced to make a run to Trader Joe’s for cookies, he meets a different sort of kin.
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#ThrowbackThursday Wanna know how it all started? The very first major film production I've done came after the murder of #MikeBrown. He grew up in the same part of town as me. He was the same age as my little brother - it just hit too close to home for me not to do something. So I did. Here's one of the first videos I did to announce "You Can't Die Here." It was a webseries that focused on exploring the issues surround police violence.
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Bashar Al-Assad's forces have all but retaken Aleppo. However, as both rebels and non-combatants alike attempt to flee Assad's forces, the Syrian dictator - emboldened by Russia's military - refuses to show mercy.
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#MannequinChallenge accepted. Shoutouts to John John & Erin tying the knot!
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So I arrive in St. Louis, late - but all good. And then Trump nominates former Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson to Secretary of State. So I have to show the story of Rex & the $500 Billion Deal.
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Derrick Langenekert tells about how he started Alpha Brewing Company, one of St. Louis' most popular micro-breweries.
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Ok, remember Rosemary’s Baby? The biggest terror in that horror film was to quintessentially put the audience in the perspective of a woman living in the 1960’s. Seriously. She and audience knew that something was wrong, but when she spoke up? Everyone called her crazy. That’s how Hillary Clinton probably feels right now.
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Barely a week after activists stave off Construction of DAPL, the Belle Fourche pipeline spilled 176,000 gallons into the Ash Coulee Creek - just 150 miles away from the water protectors’ encampment. So.. How safe are those pipelines again?
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