https://twitter.com/NYDailyNews/status/854867224779251714 A New York City school principal is is facing assault charges after he allegedly beat a seven-year-old student in what he claimed was a form of corporal punishment. NBC reports that Machael Spencer-Edwards, principal at P.S. 202 Ernest S. Jenkyns School in East New York, was arrested Tuesday on charges of assault and acting in a manner […]

  Misty Copeland shared a tearful video on Instagram moments after being named principal dancer with the American Ballet Theater. This makes her the first African-American woman to hold this position in the company’s 75 year history. The 32 yr old Copeland has been with ABT for 14 years, and has had quite a tumultuous journey, including enduring poverty […]