For those living in poverty, the billions spent on the Apollo program, no matter how inspiring the mission, laid bare the nation’s priorities
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The Women Who Brought Us the Moon | PBS
Nathalia Holt, PBS Computers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, including Janez Lawson and Barbara Paulson. Credit: NASA/JPL. Featured Image [dropcap]In[/dropcap] 1965, Poppy Northcutt was the only female engineer at NASA’s Houston Mission Control. As she gazed at the men around her she thought to herself, I’m as smart as they are. Although she belonged among […]
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Meet Esther Abisola Omole | Stanford Magazine
An artist, writer and aspiring architect explores her heritage.
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In latest book, former St. Louis cop writes how problems with cops starts with the stories they tell | The St. Louis American
The St. Louis American Staff, The St. Louis American [dropcap]Terrell[/dropcap] Carter’s latest book “Police on a Pedestal: Responsible Policing in a Culture of Worship” begins with the African proverb, “Until the lion learns how to write, every story will glorify the hunter.” From there, his book outlines the idea that storytelling is the foundation for […]
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Is ‘Race Science’ Making A Comeback? | NPR
Jess Kung, Gene Demby & Shereen Marisol Meraji | NPR Angela Saini, author of Superior: The Return of Race Science. Henrietta Garden. Featured Image [dropcap]When[/dropcap] Angela Saini was 10 years old, her family moved from what she called “a very multicultural area” in East London to the almost exclusively white Southeast London. Suddenly her brown […]
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With A Growing Membership Since Trump, Black Gun Group Considers Getting Political | NPR
Brakkton Booker, NPR Michael Doyle (left), Casandra Light and Colin Mapp prepare to shoot and review their targets in a gun range in Atlanta. Lynsey Weatherspoon for NPR. Featured Image [dropcap]The[/dropcap] goal of the National African American Gun Association is to introduce black Americans to guns and also instruct them on how to use them. […]
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Ayanna Pressley To Kellyanne Conway: ‘Keep My Name Out Of Your Lying Mouth’ | HuffPost
The Massachusetts Democrat called Conway “Distraction Becky” after the White House counselor mocked tension between Nancy Pelosi and freshmen Dems.
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Tutankhamen Head Sells for $6 Million, Despite Protests from Egypt | The New York Times
Christie’s said the sale was legal. But Egypt’s government says the antiquity was looted and should be returned.
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Read The Powerful Letter Fredrick Douglass Wrote To Harriet Tubman In 1868 | Watch The Yard
Watch The Yard Staff, Watch The Yard [dropcap]Frederick[/dropcap] Douglass and Harriet Ross Tubman were both born into slavery around the same time on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and became two of the best-known African Americans of the Civil War era. Both Douglass and Tubman escaped slavery as young adults: he in 1838, she in 1849, but […]
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White Man Followed a Black Teen Into a Store and Cut His Throat Because His Rap Music Made Him Feel “Unsafe” | Slate
Elliot Hannon, Slate Source: Family of Elijah Al-Amin. Featured Image [dropcap]It[/dropcap] was in the early hours of the morning on Thursday when police say 27-year-old Michael Adams
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