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Weekly News Round-Up: Jan. 2-8
Startlingly sensible achievement gap fix Jay Mathews, The Washington Post, 1/5/12 School board picks first black president Trevon Milliard, Las Vegas Review-Journal, 1/4/11 Milwaukee Journalist Eugene Kane: Black Youth Are 2011 Boogeyman Jorge Rivas, Colorlines, 1/4/12 Walter Dean Myers named national ambassador for youth literature Staff Writer, LA Times, 1/5/11 White House announces […]
Weekly News Round-Up: Sept 12th-18th
Sept 12th-18th Study finds more Latinos enrolling at colleges Brandon Hensley, Daily Sudial, 8/11/11 Historically Black Colleges and Universities Rankings Robert Morse, US News, 9/12/11 The Lion King’s Robert Guillaume Offers Sage Advice to Black Youth Staff Writer, Rolling Out, 9/12/11 Nearly half of African-American youth report pressure to have sex […]
Weekly News Round-Up: Aug 22nd – 28th, 2011
Aug 22nd – 28th Racist curfew instituted in Philadelphia Walter Smolarek, Liberation News, 8/20/11 Blacks and Latinos Will Suffer When the Student Debt Bubble Bursts David A. Love, Huffington Post, 8/24/11 Millenials still searching for racial equality, diversity Megan Bannister, Times-Delphic, 8/22/11 A tale of two schools: Who’s to blame for […]
July 18, 2011 – July 24, 2011
Silence on black youth arrest rate deafening Ed Wells, Rockford Star, July 22, 2011 A Program for Youth Safety Begins With Just a Sign James Warren, New York Times, July 22, 2011 Black Tea Partiers Protest Alexis Garrest Stodghill, Atlanta Post, July 22, 2011 A Black Class Divide and a Generation of Rage? Mechanics News, […]
Amy Winehouse (1983 – 2011)
Many of us were not surprised, but shocked nonetheless to learn of British soul singer Amy Winehouse’s sudden death at the age of 27. Winehouse was found dead in her London home on July 23. As is the trend these days, fans and friends of Winehouse set Twitter on fire with condolences and all the […]
May 2, 2011 – May 8, 2011
Program helping minorities succeed at Springfield Public Schools Claudette Riley, News-Leader, May 8, 2011 Education and economic self-reliance stressed at summit for young men in Detroit Naomi R. Patton, Detroit Free Press, May 8, 2011 St. Sabina honors young victims of violence Michelle Gallardo, ABC Chicago, May 8, 2011 Unemployment among Black College Graduates Black […]
April 18, 2011 – April 24, 2011
Some schools still struggle despite efforts Tina Marie Macias, The Advertiser, April 23, 2011 Jobless rate for young workers in US highest since 1948 James Brewer, WS News, April 22, 2011 Racist graffiti found at Birmingham Seaholm High School Tammy Stables, Detroit Free Press, April 22, 2011 NU students help close the achievement gap at […]
March 28, 2011 – April 3, 2011
Missing: Black males on campus Wayne Washington, The State, April 3, 2011 Detroit: Focus on Youth and the Elderly Staff Writer, WJBK, April 3, 2011 Black Student Assembly to utilize budget differently Rachel Bracker, Daily Trojan, April 2, 2011 A generation found that it can fight back Socialist Worker News, April 1, 2011 Arkansas public […]
February 28, 2011 – March 6, 2011
Black Student Assigned to Play Slave in Mock Auction Evann Gastaldo, Newser, March 6, 2011 Big Brothers Big Sisters Worried about Budget Cuts Alexa Helms, News Channel 9, March 6, 2011 Monitoring the District’s Troubled Youth Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, March 5, 2011 The Holy Spirit, Jesus and Social Justice in Black Churches: Making Noise […]
November 22, 2010 – November 28, 2010
Student drove classmates to donate Staff Writer, Hickory Daily Record, November 28, 2010 Wrong message on black offenders Robert Glenn, The Washinton Post, November 27, 2010 Youth’s promise gave way to life on the streets, an awful death Joe Tevlin, Star Tribune, November 27, 2010 Me 1st Youth Initiative Program Staff Writer, 33 WYTV, November […]
November 8, 2010 – November 14, 2010
Looking Back: Dunbar High School Staff Writer, The DCist, November 14, 2010 Black Colleges Look To Increase Online Ed Presence Staff Writer, The Associated Press, November 14, 2010 WCU Students host Minority Day of Silence; Carla Giorno, The Quad, November 14, 2010 Events support hospital and youth employment Jennifer Campbell, The Gazette, November 13, 2010 […]
October 18, 2010 – October 24, 2010
The Democrats and Young Black Voters Staff Writer, New York Times, October 24, 2010 Kendall Jenner: Power of Youth Perfection Staff Writer, Gonzo Media, October 24, 2010 Rocking the youth vote: Why young people must vote in this election Erick Mchome, The Citizen, October 24, 2010 Survey shows fewer teens use alcohol than some think Allison Tompkins, Courier Press, […]