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First Transgender Judge In Texas History

Phillis Frye is a highly respected judge, and also the first transgendered judge in Texas. She’s been the first person to do a lot of things – like spearhead the repeal of Houston’s anti-crossdressing law in 1980 and insist on using the women’s bathroom at her university (now a hauntingly familiar conversation). After publicly assuming her chosen gender in 1976 at…

Pharrell Discovers Talented NYU Music Student

Maggie Rogers’ single ‘Alaska’ is causing chatter – it’s fresh and edgy, different from what she grew up playing. Maggie, soft-spoken and humble, totally deserves the praise. Inspired by her outdoorsy Maryland childhood paired with a new love for dance music after a trip to France, the piece is its own beast. When artist and producer Pharrell heard…

Remembering Elie Wiesel: Holocaust Survivor, Philanthropist

Describing Elie Wiesel as a Nobel laureate and a Holocaust survivor is like describing Jackie Robinson as a guy who played baseball. It doesn’t cut it. Elie changed people. He found hope in places where we thought hope couldn’t, and maybe shouldn’t, exist. He will forever be a reminder that no matter how dark times get there is light. He’s a…

First All-Refugee Team Enters Olympics

Every 4 years countries around the world send their best athletes to represent them in the Olympic games. But what happens when a world-class athlete has no country? Introducing the Olympics’ first all-refugee team. At year’s Summer Olympics in Brazil, a team of 10 refugees will be carrying the Olympic flag in the opening ceremony. It’s the first refugee squad…

Youngest Judge in South Carolina Sworn In at 25

Jasmine Twitty is 25 years-old and sharp as a tack. And guess what? True commitment – like the working-seven-days-a-week kind – and a whole lot of brains have earned her the spot one of the youngest judges in South Carolina. It wasn’t the easiest thing she’s ever done, and she had to work around many discouraging words along the way,…

Young Dance Group ‘We Live This’ Wows Subway Riders

You should take the subway just for the small chance you may catch this charismatic trio swinging from the bars of a car. These kids take the art of street performance to a whole new gravity-denying level. They’re good, stunningly good, and their dedication to their craft is as apparent in their smiles as it is in their choreography. “When…