Giving voice to all communities
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A NASA engineer is taking a creative approach to help students with STEM education. Dajae Williams joins CBS News to discuss her teaching techniques.
Coach Brian Flores is back in the NFL less than three weeks after filing a lawsuit alleging discrimination against the league and three of its teams. Flores will serve as a defensive assistant and linebackers coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers. “CBS Mornings” co-host Nate Burleson reports.
New York Times columnist Charles Blow reflects on how the 2012 killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin – like the 1955 lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till – sparked protest movements led by mothers with tears on their cheeks but steel in their spines.
Four years ago the comedian and broadcasting mogul bought the Weather Channel for $310 million in cash. Now, his bid to buy the Denver Broncos, if successful, would make him the NFL's first Black majority owner.
The self-taught artist didn't start creating, using ballpoint pens, colored pencils and pastels, until he was in his 70s. A show currently at New York's Museum of Modern Art highlights his fanciful landscapes.
New York Times columnist Charles Blow reflects on the 2012 killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, and how – like the 1955 lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till – it inspired protest movements led by mothers with tears on their cheeks but steel in their spines.
Four years ago, comedian and media mogul Byron Allen became the first Black American to own a 24-hour mainstream cable news network when he purchased The Weather Channel for $310 million – in cash. Now, Allen is preparing a bid to buy the Denver Broncos, which – if successful – would make him the NFL's first Black majority owner. Correspondent Lee Cowan talks with Allen about his entrepreneurial spirit, and his success at increasing minority ownership in broadcasting.
Meyers Taylor will lead Team USA on Sunday as flag bearer at the Olympics' closing ceremony.
The announcement comes several weeks after Flores filed a lawsuit against the NFL and several of its teams for racial discrimination.
Jason Mott's latest novel is funny, tragic and deeply personal. He never thought anyone would publish it, but its impact quickly became impossible to ignore. Jeff Glor has his story.
