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Michelle Obama Wrote Yara Shahidi’s College Recommendations

She is very amazing and such a supporter, which is something very surreal to say,” Shahidi told W Magazine of Michelle Obama. The actress has applied to four-year colleges on the east and west coasts, including Harvard. Michelle attended Harvard Law School, and her daughter, Malia, will matriculate at the Ivy League college next year.

And like Malia, Shahidi plans on taking a gap year before she starts school.

“I know when Malia Obama announced [she was deferring], she got a lot of slack, but I feel like what’s interesting is I know so many people that are deferring. It’s more than to just roam around or just sit down and stare at a wall, but it will also give me an opportunity to work,” she told People last October. “I’ve been working more than half of my life and that’s always been balanced with school and all of the other responsibilities, so to have a year to focus on work and to focus on specified interests will be nice before I pick a career and choose what I want to study and my life path.”

A fired gun wasn’t aimed at Obama from a hip hop music video… Instead, trump supporters and other racists made replicas of him being lynched. 

Chance the Rapper to donate $1 million to support Chicago’s ailing public school system

Standing behind a podium surrounded by educational posters, Chance called out Governor Bruce Rauner for his inaction on the Chicago school system’s budget problems.

Chance also announced his intention to donate “1 million dollars to CPS to support the arts and original programming.” He pulled out a big game show-sized check to prove it.

“This check that I donated is a call to action,” he said. “I’m challenging major companies and corporations in Chicago and across the U.S. to donate and take action.” Read more (3/6/17 4:13 PM)