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CNN and 'Sesame Street' to host a town hall addressing racism

CNN and 'Sesame Street' to host a town hall addressing racism
As anger and heartbreak have swept across America over the killing of yet another black man at the hands of police, CNN and "Sesame Street" are re...

Passenger wipes out Uber driver’s college debt

Passenger wipes out Uber driver’s college debt
An Uber driver says she is one step closer to achieving her dream of becoming a lawyer thanks to a random passenger who paid off her college debt ...

The University of Texas’s Secret Strategy to Keep Out Black Students

The University of Texas’s Secret Strategy to Keep Out Black Students
In the summer of 1955, administrators at the University of Texas at Austin had a problem: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education dec...

Woman named Marijuana Pepsi refused to change her name — now she’s a doctor

Woman named Marijuana Pepsi refused to change her name — now she’s a doctor
The incoming college freshman vowed that she would go on to a master's degree and then a doctorate. "I'm going to be called Dr. Marijuana Pepsi!" ...

Yale University To Have Its First Black Student Body President In Its History

Yale University To Have Its First Black Student Body President In Its History
Yale University student Kahlil Greene is set to become the university’s first black student body president.  Greene, who will begin his junior yea...

Instagram user calls out Oprah for not paying off students’ debt after speech, Queen of Talk responds

Instagram user calls out Oprah for not paying off students’ debt after speech, Queen of Talk responds
When someone suggested Oprah Winfrey should have paid off Colorado College graduates’ student debt, similar to billionaire Robert F. Smith's recen...

New Orleans high school senior admitted to 115 colleges, gets $3.7 million in scholarships

New Orleans high school senior admitted to 115 colleges, gets $3.7 million in scholarships
  Antoinette Love has a difficult decision ahead of her. The high school senior in New Orleans has been accepted into 115 colleges and received mor...

Tennessee teacher converts bus into classroom to bring education to low-income areas.

Tennessee teacher converts bus into classroom to bring education to low-income areas.
While a teacher at Hardy Elementary School in low-income Chattanooga, Tennessee, Brittany Harris was worried about the low test scores of students ...