Ed Dwight, America’s First Black Astronaut Trainee, Reaches Space at 90
May 21, 2024
The liftoff from Blue Origin’s West Texas launch site was the company’s first passenger flight in nearly two years.
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President-Elect Biden Names All-Women Senior Communications Staff
December 3, 2020
“I am proud to announce today the first senior White House communications team comprised entirely of women. These qualified, experienced communicators bring diverse perspectives to their work and a shared commitment to building this country back better,” Biden said in a statement.
David G. Brown Cartoon: February 13, 2020
February 13, 2020
Betty Reid Soskin, the Nation’s Oldest Park Ranger Suffers Stroke
October 24, 2019
Betty Reid Soskin is renowned for numerous reasons, including the insightful dissertations she regularly gives at the Rosie the Riveter Museum in Richmond, Virginia.
Black Panther Party Co-founder Elbert “Big Man” Howard dies
July 26, 2018
Friends and family described Howard as a “gentle giant” who could paint in words what a jazz song was saying. Howard was an author, volunteer jazz disc jockey, author, lecturer and activist in Sonoma County, where he later made his home.
First black chief pilot at a major airline retires
June 15, 2017
Freeman made his last flight as a Southwest Airlines captain on Thursday, a few days before turning 65, the federal retirement age for airline pilots.
Obama warns Air Force grads not to succumb to isolationism
June 8, 2016
AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) President Barack Obama implored the next generation of U.S. military leaders not to give in to isolationism or pull back from U.S. leadership in the world, drawing a contrast with a foreign policy vision that’s been laid out by Donald Trump. Obama used his final commencement address as president to reassure the military that it remains the dominant fighting force in the world, implicitly pushing back on critiques that the military’s might has ebbed under his watch. Under searing sun and sweeping blue skies at the U.S. Air Force Academy, he told graduates they’d be