Jul 09 Zaila Avant-garde wins Scripps National Spelling Bee By Ben Nuckols, Associated Press Zaila Avant-garde knew she would be the first African American winner of the bee and that Black kids around the country were watching Thursday night's ESPN2 telecast, waiting to be inspired and hoping to follow in the footsteps of someone… Continue reading
Jul 08 A brief cultural history of UFOs, from secret Soviet weapons to alien visitors By Greg Eghigian, The Conversation The history of UFOs weaves together public fascination, government secrecy and cultural phenomena. Recent news and shifts in the government's stance on UFOs are giving new life to the mystery. Continue reading
Jul 07 Watch 3:16 An environmental health advocate's Brief But Spectacular take on America's dirty secret Environmental health advocate Catherine Coleman Flowers is the founder of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice (CREEJ), where she works on multiple fronts to improve public health and economic development, including access to water and sanitation amidst the… Continue watching
Jul 07 Britney Spears' court-appointed attorney resigns By Andrew Dalton, Associated Press Britney Spears' court-appointed attorney on Tuesday filed documents to resign from her conservatorship, the latest of several such moves that have come in the fallout from the pop singer's comments in court decrying the legal arrangement that controls her money… Continue reading
Jul 06 Watch 6:38 Bernd Heinrich on his 'unusual' life as a runner and biologist in Maine By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport A new book out Tuesday, "Racing the Clock: Running Across a Lifetime," explores a life of scientific research and discovery in nature, and some extraordinary feats of the human body. And the author himself, Bernd Heinrich, is the subject of… Continue watching
Jul 06 Nikole Hannah-Jones chooses Howard over UNC-Chapel Hill By Tom Foreman Jr., Associated Press Investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones says she will not teach at the journalism school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill following an extended fight over tenure. Continue reading
Jul 05 'Superman,' 'Lethal Weapon' director Richard Donner dies By Lindsey Bahr, Associated Press The filmmaker who turned Christopher Reeve into "Superman" and Mel Gibson and Danny Glover into cop buddies in "Lethal Weapon" has died, his family said Monday through a spokesperson. Continue reading
Jul 05 Watch 6:48 Artists reimagine monuments through augmented reality By Jeffrey Brown, Lena I. Jackson In a time of much reckoning over American history, there are questions raised anew about what a monument is and who should be honored. A new exhibition in Los Angeles explores that, in what is known as “augmented reality." Jeffrey… Continue watching
Jul 02 Why a first-of-its-kind count of nonbinary adults is crucial to our understanding of LGBTQ communities By Joshua Barajas There are about 1.2 million LGBTQ people in the U.S. who are nonbinary, according to a first-of-its-kind study released last week by the UCLA School of Law’s Williams Institute. Continue reading
Jul 01 Rashad draws critics and dismissal calls for defending Cosby By Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press Phylicia Rashad has found herself embroiled in controversy after expressing public support for Bill Cosby's release from prison, with some prominent Black voices calling for her dismissal as dean of Howard University's College of Fine Arts. Continue reading