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18-Year-Old Becomes Youngest Black Female Certified Private Pilot in New York

Nationwide — Meet Ariel Messam, an 18-year-old African American woman from Jamaica, New York, who has recently become the youngest woman of color to be a Certified Private Pilot in her state. Ariel attended and graduated from Aviation Career & Technical Education High School in Queens, New York from 2018-2022. She earned both her high Read More…

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Why America Stopped Building Public Pools

The public pool in Astoria, Queens, in 2021. The pool is closed this summer for renovations. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Why America stopped building public pools By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Updated 10:21 AM EDT, Mon July 24, 2023 New York CNN  —  Growing up in Louisville, Kentucky, Gerome Sutton looked forward all week for his chance Read More…

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The Mystery Of The Colorado River’s Missing Water

The East River, an important watershed for the Colorado River, snakes toward Crested Butte, Colorado.Photograph: Chet Strange/The Washington Post/Getty Images This story originally appeared on High Country News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. High winds tore at Gothic Mountain as the sleeping giant watched over the cabins nestled in Gothic, Colorado, a Read More…

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Meet the Formerly Incarcerated Filmmaker

Nationwide — Kwende Ried is an African American independent filmmaker and also the founder of Cheddaboy Films. Based in Detroit, Michigan, he has already released nine different films that can be seen on Amazon Prime and Tubi, a huge accomplishment for anyone, but especially for a person that has been formally incarcerated. Kwende, who describes Read More…

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The 10 Best NBA Players Who Changed Teams This Offseason

1 of 10PHOENIX, AZ Barry Gossage / NBAE via Getty Images When hoop historians look back upon the 2023 NBA offseason, they may not remember it as a splash-filled summer of dramatic changes. Now, the trade market could change that yet—trade requests from Damian Lillard and James Harden are still outstanding—but so far, we haven’t Read More…