Black Youth

Out WNBA Player Brittney Griner Tells Youth ‘Be Who You Are’ At GLAAD Awards

Parents of Kimani Gray File Wrongful-Death Suit Against New York City

Trailer Released for Oscar Grant Film “Fruitvale”

HS Senior Wesley Teague Suspended For Tweet Criticizing His High School’s Sports Team

Don’t Miss YOUTH VOICES: TRUTH AND CHOICES

Attorney Behind Kiera Wilmot Arrest Filed No Charges Against White Teen for Killing Little Brother

Black USC Students Accuse LAPD of Racial Profiling After Chaotic Party Breakup

Gang Violence: Why it’s Time To Stop Blaming the Player and Blame the Game

Young Chicago Poet Malcolm London Will Address Race, Class, Education on TED show

Does America Care About Murders in Black Communities?

8 Year-Old Successfully Treated for Alopecia Expelled for Having Too Much Hair?!

FOX Finally Cancels COPS

EVENT: Juvenile Injustice – The Criminalization of Youth in Palestine and Chicago

Youth Civil Rights Activists Finally Get A Prom, Fifty Years Later

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Teen Girl Charged w/ Felony Over Ill-Advised Science Experiment

George Zimmerman Will NOT Seek “Stand Your Ground” Immunity Hearing

Police Investigate Racist Bullying at Philadelphia Catholic School

Recognizing Link Between Emotional Trauma and Youth Violence

Chicago Students Boycott Standardized Test to Protest School Closings

Poor Police-Community Relations Present Major Obstacle to Stemming Tide of Violence in Chicago

Mothers of Young Men Slain by NYPD Call on Artists to Submit Songs for Justice

Black Scientists and Engineers Host Field Trip to Inspire Black Youth

Rush Limbaugh Compares Boston Bombing Supsect to Trayvon Martin

The (Un)Suprising Racism at Elite Universities

Graduation Rates Increase at HBCUs

Two Harper High School Students Awarded Gates Millennium Scholarships!

Word to Antoine Dodson: ‘Hide Yo Kids’ from Police in Schools!

From the White House to the Southside: Can Digital Media Save Young People’s Lives?

Chicago Youth on Gun Violence: “It Feels Like We’re in a World War”

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