Pete Buttigieg, the Democratic mayor of South Bend, Ind., a well-educated millennial and Afghanistan veteran who’s gay, is running for president. He wants to make diversity and inclusion a priority. Last week Buttigieg, known as ...
A child of a Nigerian family seeking asylum is pursuing an education and excelling at chess as an outlet in the country he calls “home.” “I like deep thinking,” says Tanitoluma “Tani” Adewumi, who learned ...
Lee Hamilton, known as “Mr. Lee” to students at Puster Elementary School, has been the school custodian since it opened in Collin County Texas. Hamilton also cares for his wife who has been diagnosed with ...
A refreshing example of inclusive leadership by a presidential candidate.
Civil rights leader Medgar Evers is finally getting some of the recognition that he deserves. The home of the assassinated leader has been declared a national monument. “It will always be the home that Medgar ...
A simple mistake in the kitchen has forever changed the life of a caring veteran. Former U.S. Coast Guard veteran, Stefan DeArmon, had to move back to his hometown of Charleston,S.C., to help his ailing ...
As white celebrities come under fire for bribing colleges to accept their kids in an education scandal that reminds us how privilege has pushed certain teens ahead in life and cheated others in terms of ...
It’s Women’s History Month and Virginia McLaurin,“Grandma Virginia,” has lived and prospered through more than a century of American history detailed in textbooks. McLaurin turned 110 on Tuesday and first lady Michelle Obama gave her ...
“These are great days” for women in NASA, according to the head of the agency. In 1978, the first six women joined NASA’s team of astronauts. Today, women comprise 34 percent of active NASA astronauts ...
North Carolina, a state with its own long history of racism, has just sworn in Cheri Beasley, the first female Black Chief Justice on the State Supreme court. Beasley hopes her appointment will bring “a ...
