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High School student receives Gates Millennium Scholarship, graduates early
An Indianapolis teen has been awarded the prestigious Gates Millennium Scholarship. Alex Dunlap, 16, who attends Broad Ripple High School, is one of only 1,000 students in the country to receive the honor. She’ll be graduating a year early in May.
Video: humorous web series explores race, gender dynamics
A new YouTube series is taking on race and gender. Tales from the Kraka Tower, created by University of South Florida MA student Aphrodite Kocieda, is equivalent to the academic version of Awkward Black Girl.
Muriel E. Bowser defeats D.C. mayor in primary
Muriel E. Bowser won the Democratic mayoral nomination Tuesday, beating incumbent Vincent C. Gray’s chance of a second term. The 41-year-old D.C. Council member came out victorious in the latest string of District elections.
Cop allegedly pulls gun on 5th grader
A Georgia police officer allegedly pulled a gun on a 5th grader who was building a tree fort. Omari Grant, 11, said he and his friends play often in a wooded area behind his home and were building a fort when a neighbor called police to complain.
Couple wins lottery three times in one month
To say that Calvin and Zatera Spencer are lucky would be an understatement. The Virginia couple has not just won the lottery once, but three times this month.
School Board candidate: ‘Ethnic students aren’t up to standards’
A candidate for Alaska’s school board in Anchorage has a theory on why the Anchorage School District is having financial problems. In an interview with Alaska Public Media, Don Smith, 75, compared the ethnic makeup of students in the district today to when he was in school.
Racist or not? Painting to be redone after complaints
The painting of new Vanderbilt football coach Derek Mason will be redone after a petition was started in protest of the image. The painting, commissioned by Fant Smith, did not go over well with the school’s NAACP chapter who felt the mural reminded them of historically racist imagery.
Pubes and Gender
By: Kristen Topp Yesterday was an especially awkward day for the students that I teach. It was the PUBERTY TALK. I was sure it would be painful for some of my students. However I didn’t anticipate how uncomfortable the presentation would make me. Not because of the terrible 80’s video, nude cartoons of pre-pubescent […]
Petition calls for release of man sentenced to 40 years for assault
A Change.org petition is urging Georgia Governor Nathan Deal to reduce sentencing laws in the state. The petition highlights the case of Christopher Adam Charles Emanuel.
Update: body of missing D.C. girl’s kidnapper found
Police in Washington, D.C. say they have identified the body of a man found in a park as that of a murder suspect believed to be the kidnapper of an 8-year-old girl. Relisha Rudd has been missing since February.
The Jordan Miles Case: officers found not guilty of excessive force
A federal jury decided three officers who beat and wrongfully arrested 22-year-old Jordan Miles four years ago did not use excessive force. The unanimous verdict came after 10 days of testimony.
According to a Federal Jury, This Police Beating Is NOT Excessive Force
Jordan Miles in the hospital after he was brutally beaten by 3 Pittsburgh Police Officers httpv://youtu.be/ONPo-wslB40 Today a federal court jury decided that the 3 white undercover Pittsburgh Police officers that brutally beat Jordan Miles and ripped part of his dreadlocks out of his head, did NOT use excessive force when arresting him. That’s right, […]