At age 90, America’s first Black astronaut candidate has finally made it to space Ed Dwight, a former Air Force test pilot who was passed over to become an astronaut in the 1960s, described his flight aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard as “life changing.” Read more on NPR

At Morehouse, Biden says dissent should be heard because democracy is ‘still the way’ Facing potential headwinds with both young voters and Black voters, President Biden’s Morehouse College commencement address focused on his view of the importance – and future of – democracy. Read more on NPR

In Knesset speech, GOP’s Elise Stefanik calls for unrestricted U.S. war aid to Israel Stefanik spoke before a caucus of Israel’s parliament focused on antisemitism on college campuses around the world. She called for Hamas to be wiped “off the face of the earth.” Read more on NPR