My Brother's Keeper

James Cole is the nation’s deputy secretary of education, but long before he was a dignitary working with President Obama on new initiatives, he was a kid from Englewood. Cole’s 10th grade year at Dunbar was a tough one. He had just lost his mother just months before he was robbed at gunpoint the August […]

The influence of our elders goes well beyond our DNA—it is deeply rooted in us everyday. We adopt small but significant cues from their behaviors…