Giving voice to all communities
Giving voice to all communities
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New York City Mayor-Elect Eric Adams selected Keechant Sewell to become the New York Police Department's next police commissioner. Sewell, who serves as Nassau County chief of detectives, will become the first woman to lead the NYPD in its 176-year history.
"I just want to be a good example for young Black Americans or any minority really for diving in the U.S.," she said.
A nonprofit program in D.C. shows that time outdoors improves kids' mental health.
The U.S. surgeon general is warning of a "devastating" mental health crisis among America's youth, and experts say that spending time outdoors can help reverse the trend. Even before the pandemic, the D.C. nonprofit City Kids worked to empower children and teens by connecting them with nature. Jan Crawford has the details.
Among the 327 people who have sat on the governing board of financial regulatory agencies, only 10 have been Black.
The 15th Congressional District in New York's South Bronx is the poorest in the country, and for the young Democrat – the first Afro-Latino gay Congressman – fighting to support the social safety net isn't partisan; it's personal.
After honing his skills for more than two decades in Chicago's fine dining scene, chef Erick Williams opened his own space three years ago in Hyde Park. His restaurant, "Virtue," is southern-based food with a side of what might best be described as his "great-grandmother's hospitality." Dana Jacobson spoke to Williams.
Chidiebere Ibe, who is from Nigeria, began drawing medical illustrations – such as a fetus in a womb, lung conditions and eczema – of patients who are Black.
A Black couple in Northern California says an appraiser undervalued their home by nearly half a million dollars because of their race. They took the unusual action of asking a White friend to show the home for a second appraisal, which was significantly higher. Anna Werner has the story.
At 22, Amanda Gorman became the youngest poet ever to perform their work at a U.S. presidential inauguration.
