When one teen in the White House Mentorship and Leadership Program told President Barack Obama that he hoped to become attorney general one day, Obama broke down some of the steps the student would need to take in order to get closer to that goal. “I walked him through all the other steps: He had…

The ladies of the first family stepped off the plane in style Monday as Michelle Obama—with daughters Malia and Sasha in tow—prepared to promote her Let Girls Learn initiative across the pond, People reports. Obama, representing the United States oh so well in the fashion department, will meet with Prince Harry and British Prime Minister…

An unfunny thing happened while the media was obsessing over now-former Spokane, Wash., NAACP President Rachel Dolezal: The government of the Dominican Republic moved forward with yet another major human rights violation against Dominicans born to Haitian parents. In 2013 the Dominican Republic Constitutional Court ruled that those born in the D.R. to Haitian parents…

Arianna Alexander, a Chicago high school senior, got accepted at 26 colleges—including nearly all of the Ivy Leagues—and has decided to attend the University of Pennsylvania come the fall, WLS-TV reports. Alexander is the valedictorian at Kenwood Academy, where she earned a 5.1 GPA on the traditional 4.0 scale.   Alexander racked up more than…

During her biggest campaign event to date in New York City, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Saturday pledged to close the widening gap between the rich and poor in the U.S., the New York Times reports. Clinton’s speech on New York City’s Roosevelt Island was sweeping in scope and policy driven. She issued a…

Michael Sam, who made history when he became the first openly gay player to be drafted by the NFL in 2014, has left the training camp for a Canadian football team for personal reasons, reports USA Today. The move comes after some setbacks for the 25-year-old athlete, who was picked by the St. Louis Rams…

Updated Sunday, June 14, 2015, 4:35 p.m. EDT: After experiencing tremendous backlash for calling a suspect in a wild shootout at Dallas Police headquarters “courageous and brave,” CNN’s weekend anchor Fredricka Whitfield apologized Sunday. The veteran anchor said she misspoke Saturday while speaking with CNN legal analyst Philip Holloway about the suspect. “I misspoke, and…

The Cleveland Police Department has claimed that an officer “shouted verbal commands” from inside his patrol car before fatally shooting 12-year-old Tamir Rice on a playground in November, but witness interviews do not support the statement, according to a report released Saturday by the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department, reports CNN. A grand jury will study…