Cheyanne Mumphrey

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Meet a 28-year-old Canadian woman who turned her pen-pal side hustle into a subscription side hustle with over 1,000 members

By Cheyanne Mumphrey and The Associated Press

Pen pal letters are displayed outside the Sullivan County Health Care nursing home in Unity, N.H., June 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

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Gen Zers and millennials go analog with letter writing, typewriter clubs and calligraphy to take a break from screen time

By Cheyanne Mumphrey and The Associated Press

People rally at the University of California, Berkeley campus to protest the Trump administration Wednesday, March 19, 2025, in Berkeley, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Colleges are fleeing from The PhD Project, which helps Black and Latino students get business degrees, as it’s attacked by Trump anti-DEI activists

By Cheyanne Mumphrey, Jocelyn Gecker, and others

Donald Trump throwing writing pens into a crowd

As Trump deadline to eliminate DEI in education nears, many schools are ignoring it

By Collin Binkley, Jocelyn Gecker, and others

FILE – People demonstrate outside the Supreme Court, June 30, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Trump’s win ends hopes of student loan forgiveness for many borrowers: ‘The dream is gone. It’s shot’

By Cheyanne Mumphrey and The Associated Press

Woman crying during a candlelight vigil for students and teachers of Apalachee High School

How to talk with your kids about school shootings

By Cheyanne Mumphrey and The Associated Press

African American mother measuring sick son's temperature while talking to the doctor over the phone.

COVID guidelines have changed. Here’s when a sick kid can return to school

By Cheyanne Mumphrey and The Associated Press

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Texas high school sends Black student back to suspension over his hairstyle

By Cheyanne Mumphrey and The Associated Press

FILE – An ACT Assessment preparation book is seen, April 1, 2014, in Springfield, Ill. High school students’ scores on the ACT college admissions test for 2023 dropped to their lowest in more than three decades, showing a lack of student preparedness for college-level coursework, the nonprofit organization that administers the test said Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

U.S. high school students’ scores on the ACT college admissions test drop to new 30-year low

By Cheyanne Mumphrey and The Associated Press

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After bowing to DeSantis’ censorship of Black history, the College Board is making more changes to its new AP African American studies course

By Cheyanne Mumphrey and The Associated Press

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American high school kids are getting the worst test scores in over 30 years

By Cheyanne Mumphrey and The Associated Press