Tanitoluwa Adewumi, a 10-year old boy who lives in New York, is now officially a U.S. National Chess Master. It is a dream come true for the boy who won the New York State chess championship while living in a homeless shelter when he was just 8-years […]
President Joe Biden on Saturday condoned the suspension of track star Sha’carri Richardson, but said he was “really proud of the way” she responded to the announcement. Richardson has been in the national spotlight since her victories at the Olympic trials in June, but on […]
OPINION: In a nation in denial over systemic racism, freedom is elusive for the descendants of the enslaved On this Fourth of July, a day of independence for some but not for Black people, there is no better time to reflect on Frederick Douglass’ speech, “What […]
Mahogany L. Browne is a poet, “author, organizer, and educator” from Brooklyn, N.Y. who knows a thing or two about fostering a sense of community. Browne serves as the Executive Director of JustMedia, which is a “literacy initiative designed to support the groundwork of criminal […]
Seventeen-year-old track and field star Erriyon Knighton has been working hard this month, and it’s officially paying off. Late last month, Knighton broke Usain Bolt’s under-18 200 meters record with a time of 20.11 shortly after going pro — the Jamaican Olympic star held a […]
After two friends named Michael Chapman and Toks Ahmed crossed paths with a woman who “struggled with the size of her swim cap,” the entrepreneurial men designed a larger cap which could accommodate bulkier hair types, such as curly textures or Afro hair, according to […]
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