Rhythm & News Podcast interview with Isabella Price, manager of film programs at Langston Seattle, sharing information about the upcoming 2024 Black Film Festival. Interview by Chris B. Bennett ..read more

Rhythm & News Podcast interview with Loria Yeadon, president and CEO of the YMCA of Greater Seattle, sharing information about the YMCA’s upcoming annual Healthy Kids Day event this saturday. Interview by Chris B. Bennett ..read more

Rhythm & News Podcast interview with Nate Miles discussing his Inaugural Public Education Advocacy Award honored by the Alliance for Education and his commitment to education. Interview by Chris B. Bennett ..read more

Experts say poverty – homelessness, food insecurity, financial strain – are major impediments to learning and student achievement. Credit: LumiNola/Getty Images by Joseph Williams It’s considered a truism in most Black communities: education is the key to climbing the ladder from poverty into the middle class. But a new survey of teachers has found that teaching kids struggling with poverty is one of the biggest hurdles they face in the classroom each day.  In its survey of teachers nationwide, the Pew Research Center found that 53% think poverty is a major problem among students who ..read more

Additional human remains believed to be Sade Robinson washed ashore in Lake Michigan. (From Erika Brown via CNN Newsource) By Zoe Sottile, Rebekah Riess and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Additional human remains believed to be of Sade Robinson, the 19-year-old college student who went missing earlier this month following a first date, have washed ashore on a Lake Michigan beach in Wisconsin, according to a Thursday update from the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office. A torso and an arm were found by a citizen walking a remote tree-lined beach at 7:37 a.m. Thursday, the sheriff’s office said. T ..read more

In this photo illustration, the TikTok app is seen on a phone on March 13, 2024 in New York City. Congress is set to vote and pass a bill that could ban the popular app TikTok nationwide and be sent to the Senate for a vote. (Michael M Santiago/Getty Images via CNN Newsource) By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — TikTok is again facing an imminent threat from Congress. On Wednesday, House Republicans added a hot-button bill that could lead to a nationwide TikTok ban to a wide-ranging foreign aid package intended to help Israel and Ukraine. House Speaker Mike Johnson aims to hold a vote on ..read more

Ashanti and Nelly perform at E11EVEN Miami during the 10th Anniversary of E11EVEN celebration on February 2 in Miami, Florida. The reunited couple have gone public with both a pregnancy and their engagement. (Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images via CNN Newsource) By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Congratulations are in order for singer Ashanti and rapper Nelly. The reunited couple have gone public with both a pregnancy and their engagement. They shared the news exclusively with Essence magazine, which posted an announcement Wednesday on social media. “This new year of my life ..read more

The Netflix logo is seen on top of their office building in Hollywood, California, January 20, 2022. (Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images via CNN Newsource) By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Last year, Netflix made a particularly risky bet by pushing users who share passwords to create their own accounts — but it’s paid off. Netflix, the dominant player in streaming, added more than 9 million subscribers in the first three months of the year, hitting a record high of 269.6 million subscribers. “It added more subscribers than many analysts, myself included, expected,” said ..read more

Former President Donald Trump awaits the start of proceedings during jury selection at Manhattan criminal court, on April 18 in New York. (Jeenah Moon/Pool/AP via CNN Newsource) By Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN New York (CNN) — Jury selection in Donald Trump’s hush money business fraud case began Thursday looking like the task of finding 12 jurors had run aground. Two of the seven initial jurors who were seated Tuesday were excused. Judge Juan Merchan’s hopes to begin the trial on Monday with opening arguments appeared to be dwindling fast. By the end of t ..read more

Delta Air Lines planes line up at New York’s LaGuardia Airport in an April 2024 photo. (Angus Mordant/Bloomberg/Getty Images via CNN Newsource) By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Delta Air Lines flyers will soon board its planes in a new way that might remind them of the past. Beginning May 1, the airline will board customers by numbered zones, a change that largely reverts back to process it used until early 2019, before changing to its current process of boarding by named categories (i.e. cabins, status and ticket types). Delta will maintain the same boarding order, but the&n ..read more