Poverty

REPORT: Gun Homicide is the Leading Cause Of Death Among Black Teens

22 year-old Rekia Boyd Killed by Off-Duty Chicago Police Officer; Cellphone Mistaken For Handgun?

In the wake of Trayvon, Mary Morton asks ‘When will we listen to Black Youth?’

STUDY: People Are Less Likely To Donate To Charities Assisting Black Youth

HIV Among Black Women Higher Than Initially Thought; Comparable to sub-Saharan Africa

REPORT: Black Students Face Harsher Discipline In Schools

REPORT: Child Poverty Up 25 Percent Over Last Decade

REPORT: Only 4 Percent of College Students are Black Males

Chicago Charter School Fines Students for Untied Shoelaces and Chewing Gum?!

Parent Trigger Laws: Empowering Communities, or Dismantling Public Education?

VIDEO: NYPD Kicked Down Door Without Warrant Before Shooting Ramarley Graham

Black Males Are A Clear Minority At HBCUs, ‘Less Prepared’ For College

UNARMED 18 Year-Old Ramarley Graham Shot and Killed by NYPD

REPORT: African Americans Live Better in The South and The West

Chicago Homicides Up FIFTY PERCENT!

530 Young People MURDERED in Chicago since 2008

REPORT: Policing of Chicago Public Schools Sets Students Down Road to Prison

Obama’s State of the Union Proposals: Buffet Rule, Stay In School Initiative, More Work-Study Jobs

Black and Latino Students Perform At Levels of 30 Years Ago

REPORT: Black Unemployment MUCH HIGHER Than National Average

President Obama Unveils 180,000 Summer Jobs for Youth

Rick Santorum Doesn’t Want to Give ‘Somebody Else’s Money’ To Black People

What Occupiers May Not Recognize

Free Lunch Program Surge Reflects Economic Distress

VIDEO: DMX "Slippin'"

U.S. Census: ATLANTA Has Widest Income Gap in the Country

Nas Brings Back THE REAL With "Nasty" Music Video

How Racism Is Destroying America's Political Discourse

Take Back Boystown: White vs Right?

Black Women: Baby Makers or Baby Killers?

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