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Every week, the Black Youth Project collects the top news stories about black youth from across the country. Check back every Monday for a new roundup of headlines about young black America.

Since I was a little a brown girl, I have always secretly wanted to save the world. Yes, the whole big world. To say the least, I was utterly enthralled with movies like Indian Jones and the last Crusade to the point of obscene dissidence to the 80s generational black-uplift narrative of being a lawyer […]

In this new data driven society, I fear that in many attempts to track success with numbers, we often lose the qualitative aspects of building strong relationships with black youth.  We see more often business styled reforms being implemented in education systems that prefer to focus on the bottom line of efficiency rather than focusing […]

President Obama has officially announced that he’s supports marriage equality. How do you think this will impact his reelection prospects? Do you support same-sex marriage?

Video footage of a brutal beating of a young black male at the hands of Houston police officers has community members outraged. Though he’d clearly surrendered, four police officers are caught on tape relentlessly punching and kicking 18 year-old Chad Holley.

On April 12th, 27 year-old Tamon Robinson was run over by an NYPD police car after being suspected of stealing cobblestones. Enough is ENOUGH; is it time for the Justice Department to investigate the NYPD’s treatment of black males?

Top News Stories About Black Youth from Across the Nation; April 15-21. Every week, the Black Youth Project rounds up the top news stories about black youth from across the country. Check back every Monday for a new collection of headlines about young black America.

George Zimmerman has been granted bail. His bond has been set at $150k. Do you think he deserved it?

Miami-Dade Fire Department official Brian Beckmann is under investigation for facebook messages published last Wednesday that blame “Trayvon Martin situations” on “shitbag, ignorant, pathetic, welfare dependent excuses for parents.” Does Beckmann deserve to be fired for his facebook post?

The men who went on a shooting spree in Tulsa, Oklahoma’s black community will face hate crime and 1st degree murder charges. Many community members are calling for prosecutors to seek the death penalty for Watts and England.

George Zimmerman appeared before a Seminole County, FL judge today, where his arraingment was set for May 29th. Are you happy that Zimmerman has been arrested and charged? Do you think he will receive a fair trial?

I recently watched an episode of The Cleveland Show, the satirical spin-off of Fox’s hit comedy Family Guy, which centers on the African-American character Cleveland, and his return to his home state of Virginia to be with his new wife and stepchildren. It’s a funny show, just as crude as Family Guy, and inherently problematic […]