When teenager Malala Yousufzai was shot for speaking against the Taliban last year, her struggle did not go unnoticed. Now she may become the youngest person ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize, reports NBC News. Her name was put forward by three members of the Norwegian parliament from the ruling Labor Party on their…

The University of Southern Mississippi is on the verge of creating history by possibly hiring Rodney Bennett as their first black president, reports USA Today. It’s a fact not lost on Southern Miss interim President Aubrey K. Lucas, whose service to the school dates to a period when black students were not even admitted to…

As many said goodbye to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday, the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, was attacked. On Saturday a leftist Turkish group, according to Reuters, claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing, blaming their motivations on America’s foreign policy. The Revolutionary People’s Liberation Army-Front (DHKP-C) said it carried out Friday’s attack,…

(The Root) — The NAACP’s New York State chapter surprised some in the health community on Wednesday when the group filed a joint petition to block New York City’s upcoming soda ban. In partnership with the Latino Federation, American Beverage Association, New York Korean-American Grocers Association and the Association of Theater Owners of New York…

Twenty-one defendants on trial for a bloody 2012 football riot that killed scores of people were sentenced to death on Saturday. This decision created a new riot, during which 30 people were killed as onlookers protested the verdict, reports Al Jazeera. At least 74 people were killed in the riot on February 1, 2012, which began…

In 2012, when Republican Gov. Phil Bryant signed an anti-abortion law, he instituted a sort of catch-22 for physicians who perform abortions. In order to work in a clinic, doctors are required to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital, but many hospitals don’t want to be involved in the state’s fierce women’s health battle…

On Friday, the POTUS announced David Plouffe, his head political strategist, is stepping down, and Deputy National Security Adviser Denis McDonough will step in as chief of staff, according to the Washington Post. McDonough, 43, replaced Jack Lew, whom Obama has nominated to run the Treasury Department. White House officials said Tony Blinken, a national security…

President Barack Obama’s second inauguration ceremony will be steeped in history, including an invocation by Myrlie Evers-Williams. The widow of slain civil rights activist Medgar Evers sat down with MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry on Sunday to talk about her generation’s influence on the commander in chief and her view of America now. Watch Harris-Perry talk…