Russell Simmons has been called the godfather of hip hop. He tells Steve Paulson he got his start selling street drugs as a teenager.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Susan Krieger not completely blind, but her vision is bad enough to make her legally blind. She recently got a guide dog, Teela, who is now her constant companion.
Anne Strainchamps talks with two teenagers who were finalists in the Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology.
Photographer Rachel Sussman has documented 30 of the oldest living things in the world.
Tenzin Palmo is a Tibetan Buddhist who was born in England as Diane Perry. She became a Buddhist nun and spent twelve years meditating alone in a tiny, remote cave in the Himalayas.
Shaun Alexander tells Steve Paulson what chess does for him and why he thinks it’s good for inner city youth.
Some of the greatest trips give us that feeling of traveling back in time. Last summer, Aubrey Ralph did nearly that, when he spent nine days sailing aboard a 200 year old tall ship, across two Great Lakes. He was with the reconstructed U.S. Brig Niagara as she shoved off from her home port in Erie, PA.
Sergeant First Class Toby Nunn served two tours of duty in Iraq. He now works for the nonprofit organization Soldiers' Angels, which supports veterans and deployed military personnel and their families.
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