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Young Futurist Video: Benjamin Mensah
Massachusetts Institute of Technology student Benjamin Mensah has worked hard to promote computer literacy in Africa. Benjamin Mensah’s Young Futurist Bio
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Young Futurist Video: Daquan Chisholm
Baltimore high school student Daquan Chisholm invented a bulletproof helmet to protect police officers in the line of duty and hopes to patent it one day. Daquan Chisholm’s Young Futurist Bio
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Young Futurist Video: Thais Francis
A drama student at NYU, Thais Francis wants to use her joy of acting to promote appreciation of the theater in the Caribbean and Africa. Thais Francis’ Young Futurist Bio
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Young Futurist Video: Dorian Dargan
A multi-talented MIT student, Dorian Dargan has spent extensive time in South America and Latin America promoting entrepreneurship. Dorian Dargan’s Young Futurist Bio
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Young Futurist Video: Dyci Manns
Dyci Manns started a nonprofit called Bookbags With the Basics to give underprivileged kids school supplies. She later launched Model 26, which provides financial assistance to college students pursuing human rights internships or volunteering abroad. Dyci Manns’ Young Futurists Bio
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Young Futurist Video: Kayla Vinson
A senior at Yale, Kayla Vinson has made it her mission to close the achievement gap between white and black male students. Kayla Vinson’s Young Futurist Bio
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Mark Whitaker Jumps From NBC to CNN
Mark Whitaker has jumped ship from NBC News, where as vice president he was the highest-ranking person of color, to CNN, where he will hold that same distinction. Whitaker was named to the newly created position of executive vice president and managing editor, reporting directly to Jim Walton, president of CNN Worldwide, CNN announced on…
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The Vine: African-American Power Players Talk Leadership
The challenges of leadership have an extra dimension to them when you’re black. Several notables, including Condoleezza Rice and Maj. Gen. Ronald Bailey of the U.S. Marines, share their insights in interviews with The Root’s editor-in-chief, Henry Louis Gates Jr. In the latest segment of the series, Bailey, who heads recruiting for the Marine Corps and…
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Will Media Create Their Own 'WikiLeaks'?
Al-Jazeera’s “Palestine Papers” Embarrass All Sides “Earlier this month, Al Jazeera launched a new feature on its Web site called the Transparency Unit — the network’s in-house version of WikiLeaks,” Raffi Khatchadourian blogged Monday for the New Yorker magazine. “When the unit first went online, there was not much coverage about it in English, but…
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Beyond Fame With Russell Simmons
If anyone knows anything about being “super rich,” it’s Russell Simmons. In this audio interview, music and fashion mogul Russell Simmons goes “Beyond Fame” with Anji Corley, who asks him about his new book (Super Rich); meditating tips; and who has more Twitter followers than Barack Obama.