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A white teen in Illinois has been convicted of attacking and helping to put a noose around the neck of a black teen. His punishment: 2 years probation and to write an essay about lynching. Does this punishment fit the crime, or did this kid get off easy?

Leonetta Sanders, principal of Harper High School, recently spoke with WBEZ about the toll widespread violence is taking on Black Youth in Chicago. 27 of her current and former students have been shot; 8 killed in the past 13 months. This is an EPIDEMIC.

According to reports, President Obama plans to scale back America’s decades-long and highly controversial War on Drugs in his second term. Do you think the War on Drugs should be scaled back?

Every week, the Black Youth Project collects the top news stories about black youth from across the country. Click here to check out our archive of weekly news round-ups, and check back every Monday for a new roundup of headlines about young black America.

Today a historic Supreme Court ruling banned mandatory life sentences for children convicted of homicide. The ruling affirms that young offenders should be given “a meaningful opportunity to show they have rehabilitated themselves and are appropriate candidates for release.”

Every week, the BYP 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. This week, “Delegate warns of ‘black youth mobs,”” “No charges against police in student beating,” and more!

According to a new report, juveniles sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole are subject to socioeconomic and racial disparities, corrections policies that inhibit rehabilitation, and harsher punishments than comparable adults. Is this JUSTICE?

REPORT: Large-scale Juvenile Detention Does NOT Curb Juvenile Crime   Colorlines Magazine writer Jorge Rivas has written an eye-opening article regarding a recent report from the Annie E. Casey foundation, asserting that incarcerating high numbers of troubled young people does not curb juvenile crime , and may actually increase crimes rates instead. He writes: “Even […]

Teachers in Tough Places David Chura, Huffington Post | June 3, 2011 It was a busman’s holiday. Thirty people in a room, all teachers in high school and GED programs in various prisons from across New York State, listening to me talk about teaching locked up kids. The conference was in Saratoga Springs with lots […]

Education program ends revolving door for some ex-cons Todd Johnson, The Grio | April 7, 2011 Harlem, New York — At just 21 years old, Brandon Johnson’s life is already at a crossroads. His life changed some four years ago as a senior in high school. He was charged with gang assault and robbery — […]

Monitoring the District’s troubled youth Theresa Vargas, Washington Post | March 5, 2011 Joseph Mitchell parallel parks his Ford Explorer in the Huntwood area of Northeast Washington, leaving enough room to pull out quickly – “a little safety thing I do,” he says – and walks under a night sky toward an apartment building hidden […]

Wiz Khalifa generally likes to stay above the clouds. His critically acclaimed mixtape “Kush and Orange Juice” unabashedly describes his favorite recreational activity. In almost any of his music videos you can find Wiz laid back, with his eyes low sparking some green stuff. Whether he’s “waken and baken”, as he commonly tweets, or “in […]