Little League World Series phenom Mo’Ne Davis is on the cover of this week’s Sports Illustrated and is the subject of this week’s cover story. The 13-year-old caught the nation’s attention after throwing a shutout during her first game of the Little League World Series. But despite the attention she’s getting for her baseball prowess, Davis really wants to […]
The Jackie Robinson West little league team has staved off elimination. The all-black team from Chicago won an exciting game against Rhode Island. After a losing to Las Vegas 13-2, Jackie Robinson West had to beat Rhode Island to still be in contention. The enthralling 8-7 win means Jackie Robinson West will keep playing for […]
The Chicago-based Jackie Robinson West Little League was founded in 1971 by Joseph Haley. His son Bill says there were no grand plans of winning state championships or reaching the Little League World Series. But that’s exactly what happened as Chicago’s Jackie Robinson West reached the series for just the second time since its existence this year.Â
14-year-old high school freshman Caleb Christian grew concerned about the number of incidents of police abuse in the news. He knew that while there were bad cops out there, good police officers also existed in various parts of the country. The problem was that he had no way of figuring out which communities were highly […]
The following post originally appeared on STL Today under the title, “How computer hackers changed the Ferguson protests.” By: David Hunn The Internet crashed at City Hall here on Tuesday morning. Ferguson’s website went dark. The phones died. City officials didn’t say what happened — only that a flood of traffic aimed at the City […]
Officials from the Redlands school district are looking into a photo of the Redlands East Valley High School cheerleading squad which shows members of the team dressed as “gangsters.”Â
A University of Maryland basketball player is banned from enrolling in courses after being arrested for stealing an ice cream cone from a convenience store. Trayvon Reed faces charges of second-degree assault, second-degree assault of a police officer, resisting arrest and theft under $100.Â
There’s a new app that is helping disenfranchised individuals in Chicago record incidents of racism and discrimination in real-time. Vocalize was created to help individuals rediscover their voice and reclaim their rights.
Donald Sterling has lost a court battle to his wife in an effort to stop her from selling the Los Angeles Clippers to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Shelly Sterling was awarded a sweeping victory in a tentative oral decision handed down by Judge Michael Levanas, who rejected all of Donald Sterling’s arguments in the […]
Temple University researchers announced a major step forward in the battle against AIDS and the HIV virus. Researchers successfully eliminated the HIV virus from cultured human cells for the first time.Â
Alice Coachman, who became the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal during the 1948 London games, died on Monday. She was 90.Â
Basketball superstar LeBron James is going home. James announced that he will be leaving the Miami Heat to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers. James, who is from Akron, Ohio, will be returning to the team who drafted him.
