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Afternoon Round-Up September 13, 2011 According to the US Census Bureau’s Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage report, the U.S. poverty rate hit 15.1% in 2010. This is an all-time high. All the bad stuff is on the rise apparently; 900,000 more Americans lacked health insurance in 2010 than in the previous year, poverty increased […]

Social justice and activism are embedded into my core. A world full of suffering, strife,and squalor are my motivation to provide the most marginalized communities with resources and support. Throughout my life I’ve used my innate ability to communicate as a tool to help close disparities and empower people who feel disillusioned by living on the […]

70 Percent of Anti-LGBT Murder Victims Are People of Color MIchael Lavers, Colorlines, July 18, 2011 It’s an all too common, if shocking story: A transgender Latina woman with HIV is attacked on a street close to her home in a low-income neighborhood in the Bay Area. Making a bad situation worse, police officers literally drag […]

Q&A: Wisconsin ID Law Will Suppress Youth, Minority Vote Jonah Most, New America Media | July 14, 2011 Editor’s Note: On May 25, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed off on a new law, Assembly Bill 7, that requires Wisconsin voters to show photo identification at the polls. Critics of the law contend that this requirement […]

The national organization held a video contest for students to show their love for YouthBuild through 90-second videos.  Below is the winning group’s video.  Click here to watch the runner up video. About YouthBuild: YouthBuild is a youth and community development program that simultaneously addresses core issues facing low-income communities: housing, education, employment, crime prevention, […]

  A few days ago I aired my frustration towards Florida Governor Rick Scott on Facebook. My status stated: “Requiring welfare recipients to undergo drug testing is yet another method being used by the GOP to increase social surveillance in low-income communities. This is nothing but a ploy by Governor Rick Scott to add more […]

“America’s Most Livable City” highlights the city of Pittsburgh’s recent honor, despite according to the U.S. Census Bureau, having the highest rate of poverty among working age Black people in the United States. This is the Pittsburgh they don’t show when your watching the Steelers, the REAL Pittsburgh.

Young Americans and Blacks Remain Optimistic Depsite Struggling Economy Yannique Benitez, Black Voices | April 18, 2011 Due to today’s struggling economy, many young people are less inclined to believe in the “American Dream” than their parents and grandparents. “More than 4 in 10 predict it will be tougher to raise a family and afford […]

News flash: The American people are not #winning. The near government shut down last Friday was filled with more drama than a Jersey Shore episode. Unfortunately the problems that arose from Congress were not as trivial as the ones that the orange people in the Garden State deal with. Although one night stands from Snookie […]

Prep course aimed at diversifying elite city schools fails to reach black and Latino students Meredith Kolodner, NY Daily News | March 25, 2011 A city program aimed at diversifying the city’s specialized high schools is not making a lot of progress with black and Latino students, stats show. Just 19% of black students who went through a […]

As political pundits, political action committees, and politicians gear up for what is bound to be another bare knuckle brawl in 2012, young activists around the country are setting agendas to intending to move their issues from the margins to the center of American life. As scholar/activist, Dr. Cathy Cohen, points out in her book […]

That Plan to Close Half of Detroit’s Schools? It’s Really Happening Liz Dwyer, Good Magazine | February 23, 2011 Eminem’s acclaimed Super Bowl advertisement for Chrysler told the world that despite what you’ve heard, Detroit is making a comeback. Tell that to the city’s children, because the State of Michigan has sounded the death knell for […]