“Probably do it till I go under” – Adrian Dantley on his newfound passion as a pedestrian crossing guard in Utah

For Dantley, there’s nothing more fulfilling than being a crossing guard in Utah.

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/09/1250032117/jazz-night-in-america-morgan-guerin

There are multi-instrumentalists and then there’s Morgan Guerin

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/31/g-s1-2221/ayra-starr-tems-tyla-women-african-pop

As African pop crests again, women are leading the second wave

New albums by Ayra Starr, Tems and Tyla mark a turning point for the continent’s global voice

https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/journal-sun/2020/09/09/randolph-haitian-american-to-lead-brockton-health-board/42953377

Dr. Eno Mondesir is the Health Director for the City of Brockton, MA.

https://19thnews.org/2023/04/the-voices-of-npr

Martin, 63, first joined NPR in 2006 to launch “Tell Me More,” an interview-focused show that aired on NPR member stations nationwide from 2007 to 2014. She then became host of “Weekend All Things Considered,” a position she held until joining “Morning Edition” as one of the hosts in March. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_Sammy_Morrison

Ernest Fredric Morrison (December 20, 1912 – July 24, 1989) was an American child actor, comedian, vaudevillian, and dancer who also performed under the stage-name Sunshine Sammy Morrison.

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/31/g-s1-2335/marian-robinson-dead

Marian Shields Robinson, the mother of Michelle Obama who moved with the first family to the White House when son-in-law Barack Obama was elected president, has died. She was 86.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yseult_(singer)

Yseult Onguenet (French pronunciation: [izø ɔ̃ɡne]; born 19 August 1994), known professionally as Yseult, is a French singer-songwriter and model.

https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2024-05-16/who-was-toussaint-louverture-the-namesake-behind-bostons-new-haitian-cultural-center

Who was Toussaint L’Ouverture, the namesake behind Boston’s new Haitian cultural center?

The Toussaint L’Ouverture Cultural Center of Massachusetts, set to celebrate its groundbreaking near TD Garden on May 20, will act as a gathering place and resource for local Haitians. And organizers hope it will also help the legacy of one of history’s great leaders live on.