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#YesImARocketScientist: Graduating Aerospace Engineer Tiffany Davis Breaks the Internet
When a given task isn’t hard, usually people will say, “It’s not rocket science.” But there’s at least one graduating senior who’s dedicated her education and upcoming career to the future of rocket science. Meet Tiffany Davis, an aerospace-engineering major who graduates next month from Georgia Tech. Last week, Davis tweeted a senior photo with…
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Atlanta Entrepreneur Paul Judge Raises $12,500,000 From Amazon.com for New Home Wi-Fi Device
Paul Judge is something of a phenomenon in Atlanta’s bustling tech scene. As a serial entrepreneur, investor and adviser, Judge lives by the challenge of solving hard problems and building companies to make the world better. Twenty years ago, the Louisiana native ventured to Morehouse to attend college; there he earned a degree in computer…
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Testing DNA When Time Is Running Out
I frequently receive requests for advice about DNA testing, and occasionally the questions involve the following scenario: A parent is dying or incapacitated. The window is closing on the opportunity to have his or her DNA tested in order to gain answers to long-standing questions about genetic origins. This week I turned to genetic genealogist…
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Reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones Is Asked by Well-Known White Writer How She Got Her Job
Gay Talese is a giant in the world of narrative journalism. He is 84 and white. Nikole Hannah-Jones, who is African American, is an investigative reporter who was named the National Association of Black Journalists’ Journalist of the Year for 2015. She is 39 and black. When they met last weekend at Boston University’s The…
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Watch: How Chi Ali Went From Convicted Rapper to Human Rights Activist
In 2001, rapper Chi Ali was arrested for the shooting death of his girlfriend’s brother, Sean Raymond. He spent a year evading police and even appeared on an episode of America’s Most Wanted. He ended up doing 12 years in prison for the violent crime and has turned his life around. He earned a bachelor’s…
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GOP Exodus: Why Are Black Staffers Leaving the Republican National Committee?
Something unprecedented is happening at the Republican National Committee, and it’s a huge blow to the GOP’s African-American-outreach programs. The RNC is losing its black staffers. All of them. In the last six months, all four of the top black staff members at the RNC have left. These resignations have sparked every rumor from Donald…
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Sanders and Cruz Win in Wis., but Can They Win When the Black and Latino Vote Is in Play?
Tuesday night was a huge victory for two campaigns that were once insurgents and are now viable alternatives. Ted Cruz, mustering all the might of the evangelical Republican base and the desperate “anti-Trump” voters, won the Republican primary in Wisconsin with 49 percent of the vote and, so far, 36 out of a possible 42…
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NY Valedictorian Is Celebrating Her Acceptance to All 8 Ivy League Schools
Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna, a high school student from Long Island, N.Y., has a big decision to make soon. The Elmont High School valedictorian has been accepted at all eight Ivy League schools! Schools in the Ivy League are Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania and Yale…
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Black Fraternity Memorial Defaced With ‘Trump 2016,’ Your Newest Racial Slur
Are you a neo-Nazi or are you a Dallas Cowboys fan? There is actually a difference (all jokes aside), but expressing support for Nazism or the Cowboys can be a tricky situation if you’re a sports fan, ignorant or racist. Millions of Americans know that Michael Irvin, the Hall of Fame Dallas Cowboys wide receiver,…