Interviews – Page 5

We must be proud of who we are

ENC News 22 May 2018

The list of accolades is long for actress Rita Moreno. The 86-year-old is the only Latina — and one of just 12 artists overall — to have won an Emmy,...

I am going to constantly be learning

ENC News 15 May 2018

Kittie Weston-Knauer, on the cusp of 70 years old, is the oldest female BMX bicycle racer in the U.S. When she started competing in the late 1980s, she was often...

Comedy is what I want doing all my life

ENC News 08 May 2018

This year, Comedy Central named some foreign correspondents to contribute to overseas versions of the show. And one of them is Loyiso Madinga, a 31-year-old stand-up comedian. Madinga is based...

Support hardworking, talented persons graduate

ENC News 02 May 2018

In college, it’s hard to learn while you’re hungry. That’s a message Temple University higher education policy professor Sara Goldrick-Rab has been getting throughout her career. She self-identifies as a...

‘Just Show Up For One More Mile’: She Won The Boston Marathon

ENC News 24 Apr 2018

Desiree Linden became the first American woman to win the Boston Marathon since 1985 — finishing 26.2 miles in 2 hours, 39 minutes and 54 seconds on 16 April. The...

A Career Trucker Helps To Steer The Path For Self-Driving Trucks

ENC News 16 Apr 2018

Jeff Runions, 58, lives in Jacksonville, Fla. When started his trucking career nearly 40 years ago, he had high hopes for what the job might bring. “I wanted the American...

When Mom Is Arctic Pole Explorer

ENC News 09 Apr 2018

Climate scientists Zoe Courville, 42, and Lora Koenig, 40, met more than a decade ago in the middle of the Greenland ice sheet where they were colleagues — before either...

Diamond Dream:The First Girl In Little League Baseball

ENC News 04 Apr 2018

There’s no crying in baseball. But for Kay Johnston, there’s crying when you can’t play. In the spring of 1950, in upstate New York, 13-year-old Kay Johnston wanted nothing more...

Anna Anderson gave our culture an opening

ENC News 27 Mar 2018

Novelist Ariel Lawhon asks readers on the first page of his new novel: “Am I truly Anastasia Romanov? A beloved daughter. A revered icon. A Russian grand duchess? Or am...

They both have lived a good life

ENC News 20 Mar 2018

Mohammad Ashraf Faridi, a livery taxi driver, and his son MuhammadFaridi, a partner in a New York City law firm, speak about Muhammad’s growing up with his dad. How long...

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