it takes a village
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To the Stars and Beyond: A Single Mom Gets to Intern at NASA, Thanks to Crowdfunding From Strangers
One small step from a community of strangers just translated to a giant leap for Georgia State University Ph.D. student India Jackson. The single mom earned a highly competitive summer internship at NASA’s field center in Houston but was daunted by the fact that she’d have to fund her own travel, housing and living expenses…
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Viral Twitter Video Shows Black Man Stepping Up to Stop Teens From Fighting, Educate Them on Doing Better
The culture of WorldStarHipHop and MediaTakeOut has created an atmosphere where videos showing teens fighting and abusing each other are all too common and often encouraged. Any time there is a hint of a fight getting started, people break out their phones to record, and no one intervenes to stop it. A video that is…
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Ky. Teens Mow Lawns for Free
It was meant to be a punishment. Kentucky mom Barbara Wilson said that she tried to punish her son Travis Durham by making the teen mow lawns for free. She told Travis to mow a couple of their neighbors’ yards. However, according to WDRB, Travis ended up loving the job so much that by the time…