A new study paints a bleak portrait of the unemployment landscape faced by young black men in New York City. The headline of the report, filed by the Community Service Society of New York reads, "Only One in Four Young Black Men in New York City Have a Job." The study finds that ... Read more...
African American scholarships are out there, as are African American college grants. A college education isn't confined to what is contained in your textbook or how much extra credit you can get for completing side projects or doing research for a professor. A postsecondary education allows stu... Read more...
Tell your lawmakers the truth about capital punishment! Innocent people on death row! The Pa Bar Association reported that we are at risk of executing an innocent person - this is not a risk that we should be willing to take. Six people have been released from Pa’s death row due to inno... Read more...
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12/12/2011,
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o_0? DALLAS – Tyler Perry reportedly made an offer to buy American Airlines. They accepted. The new airline: African-American Airlines. The Texas-based AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines, announced that the company filed petitions for Chapter 11 reorganizatio... Read more...
The majority of school teachers recently laid off by the Chicago Board of Education are people of color, and hardest hit are African teachers in schools serving African American students, according to a new analysis released today by the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU). An analysis of Chicago Public S... Read more...
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01/12/2011,
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Recent report by Golden State charter advocates claiming gains tarnished after review by Arizona State professor BOULDER, CO (November 10) - In a recent report, the California Charter School Association claims that the state's charter schools are narrowing the Black-White achievement gap... Read more...
Black and Asian adolescents are much less likely than their white peers to abuse or become dependent on drugs and alcohol, according to a Duke University-led study based on an unusually large sample from all 50 states. Black and Asian adolescents are much less likely than their white peers to... Read more...
Absent fathers are prime contributors to the failure of the family. The new film 'Courageous' challenges men to step up and be the fathers intended. A disturbing trend has subtly crept into the American family, and its onslaught was so insidious that it went unnoticed for 40 years. It's called th... Read more...
One of the school districts with over 75 percent of its African-American student body graduating is located on the West Coast. Out of 271 African-American students who attended Berkeley High School, 205 graduated last year. That's one of the highest African-American graduation rates in the count... Read more...