A special contribution by Best Colleges Online. Despite efforts to increase diversity in schools, minorities and lower-income families still find themselves behind when it comes to getting a degree. Just how far behind are they? Women Have Made The Most Progress 25% fewer men receive college degrees than women today. That’s a big difference from […]
Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) told the Indian-American Surgeon General Nominee that she would feel “right at home” in Kansas because he has some Indian doctors there. During confirmation hearings this week, Roberts invited Surgeon General nominee Vivek Murthy to visit Kansas, noting that Dodge City has some wonderful Indian-American doctors. “I’m going to invite you, […]
Leith, North Dakota is a registered ghost town of 16-24 people. Its inhabitants are mostly farmers or ranchers, with land passed down generation to generation. The town has an apocalyptic beauty set against a prairie backdrop of wide-open sky and fields of wheat. In May of 2012, an outsider named Craig Cobb moved in and […]
Morgan Freeman offers a solution to the problem of racism while discussing Black History Month with Mike Wallace in this classic clip from “60 Minutes,” June 14, 2006. Sometimes, sometimes the best solutions are the easiest as well as most obvious ones as you can see in the interview below. MIKE WALLACE: Black History Month, […]
Actor, author and gay rights activist George Takei spoke to the BBC’s Katty Kay late last year. Takei spoke about his Star Trek role, internment in a Japanese camp in the US during WWII, his internet popularity and his advocacy of gay marriage. You can watch the interview, courtesy of BBC, below: http://youtu.be/RWBHygSTpD8