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DETROIT ― Melanie Rayford, 18, plans to study software engineering when she enters college this fall. It’s a notoriously unwelcoming field for women of color, but she’s ready for it.…
When RuPaul made the decision to cast another full-time judge ahead of “Drag Race” Season 7, he had three requirements: The person who would sit alongside him and longtime table…
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On March 2, 1955, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin refused to move from her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. “I paid my fare and it’s my constitutional right,” she…
Leslie Jones, a Black woman actress and comedian, had her website hacked. Hackers exposed nude photos of her as well as her personal information. “On my worst day I can’t…
Asnath Mahapa, the first Black woman pilot from South Africa, is helping other women become pilots. In 2012, Mahapa founded the African College of Aviation in order to help reach…
Only 2% of teachers are Black men, yet they have been quitting shortly after becoming teachers. There have been arguments made that the reason why Black boys are not succeeding…
This is the April 12, 2017 FULL EPISODE of VICE News Tonight on HBO. VICE News Tonight travels to Somalia with a Canadian Somali doctor distributing aid to the drought-stricken…
This segment originally aired Nov. 18, 2016, on VICE News Tonight on HBO. In September, seven Detroit students filed a lawsuit against Governor Rick Snyder and other state education officials….…