PHILADELPHIA (AP) Marvel Thornton-Cruz first carried a gun on the street at age 14. “I was young,” said Thornton-Cruz, now 28. “I just wanted to be cool. Pretty much most of my family was in the street.”
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) A couple of Tennessee State University pre-med majors have been awarded full scholarships that will also cover their medical school costs, the university said. Camille Haskins of King George, Virginia, and George Pickens IV of Miami learned this week of the scholarships provided by global medical products company Baxter International Inc.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) The Alabama State Board of Education on Thursday voted to ban so-called critical race theory teachings from K-12 classroom and limit how educators can talk about race in the classroom.
Across three cities on bus shelters and a giant billboard, Martine Gutierrez, the artist, performer and provocateur, asks what it means to be a woman in these times.