swimming Black Swimmers Are Underrepresented on the World Stage, So This Vet is Giving Lessons When Jordan Hunter was in the U.S. Navy, he helped rescue people from the water. Now he’s teaching people how to swim, particularly in communities of color with lower access to public pools or instructors. On top of that, Hunter is training swimmers for triathlons.
crime LX Presents: Chinatown Massacre In 1991, a brutal execution-style murder left five people dead in Boston’s Chinatown. After an international manhunt, the Boston Police and the FBI, caught two of the gunmen however one hitman is still on the loose. Boston law enforcement is still looking for this gunman. (From NBC Boston)
football Meet Shaina, the Kicker For Her High School Football Team Shaina Clorfeine could play soccer, but one day, her dad asked her to try kicking a football through the uprights…and she made a field goal from 30 yards. Now Clorfeine is the kicker on the varsity football team at her school in La Cañada Flintridge, California. She spoke with LX News host Ashley Holt about making the team, and finding...
skateboarding Meet the Group Proving Skateboarding Isn't Just For Young White Men The Chicago-based froSkate is a skating group welcoming BIPOC, queer, trans and nonbinary skateboarders into the scene, teaching them and creating a safe space.
hispanic heritage month These Authors Want Latinx Kids to Be Represented in Children's Books Jorge Lacera and Mariana Llanos had trouble finding children’s books that reflected their lives. Many of the books catered to a Hispanic or Latino child reader contained themes of poverty and immigration. “I love Star Wars, I love comic books, and I love fantasy books. It felt very alienating. I sometimes felt I was not necessarily part of the culture,”...
connect the dots Connect the Dots: Watch the Series that Proves Everything Is Connected What does the Boston Marathon have to do with coffee and student loans? And what does the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade have to do with gender equity?
gabby petito Why We Can't Look Away From the Gabby Petito Story Remains that could be missing Long Islander Gabby Petito have been found though the identity of the remains has not been confirmed. As news of the social media creator’s disappearance spread, interest in her surged, says NBC New York reporter Kay Angrum.
skateboarding Meet the Chicago Skaters Creating a Safe Space For BIPOC and Queer People “A lot of us grew up skating alone, because we were the only ones who looked like us in the skate park.” Feeling that skateboarding was dominated by white men, skaters in Chicago formed the group froSkate. The group hosts meetups at local skate parks to welcome skaters with marginalized racial and gender identities into the scene. NBCLX Storyteller Jalyn...
gabby petito An Instagram Timeline of Gabby Petito's Disappearance Missing 22-year-old Gabby Petito and her fiancé Brian Laundrie left Long Island, New York, on July 2 for a months-long cross-country road trip, much of which they documented on social media. LX News host Tabitha Lipkin walks through the timeline of their trip based on Instagram posts, police video and other media.
connect the dots How Are the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Gender Equality and Skyscrapers Connected? What do the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, gender equity and skyscrapers have in common? You’ll be surprised by the connections NBC New York’s Kay Angrum found. For example, have you ever thought about the gender of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons? Angrum found a gender equality activist who has. And she thinks the lack of female balloons reflects a subtle...
