All posts tagged "race ethnicity and gender"

Turning Back the Clock on Voting Rights: The Impact of New Photo Identification Requirements on Young People of Color

Immigration Policy Center – Who and Where the DREAMers Are

Maya Angelou, Parents of Trayvon Martin Call On Youth to Defeat Violence

The Economic Value of Opportunity Youth

Grim: Job Outlook for Young African-Americans

CHICAGO – Don’t tell D’Andray Jackson hope is lost; he’ll have none of it. His arms tucked inside a sweatshirt on a...

Grim: Job Outlook for Young African-Americans

CHICAGO – Don’t tell D’Andray Jackson hope is lost; he’ll have none of it. His arms tucked inside a sweatshirt on a...

The Legacy of Jim Crow

FARMVILLE, Va. — Parents here are literally begging the Prince Edward County supervisors to increase property taxes next year to make up a...

The Legacy of Jim Crow

FARMVILLE, Va. – Parents here are literally begging the Prince Edward County supervisors to increase property taxes next year to make up...

N-Word: Let’s Find Another Way to Show Affection

Richard Pryor and other famous African-Americans have tried to desensitize it, but the N-word still carries hate. When I listen to today’s...

School Police

This story originally appeared on iWatchnews.org by the Center for Public Integrity. Alexander Johnson arrived at Barack Obama Global Preparatory Academy to pick up...

The Myth of Suburban Gangs: A Changing Demographic

When most people think of gangs and the criminal activity often associated with them problems of the inner-city may come to mind...

Reason for Hope in Urban School Reform

At first glance, it would appear there is little to cheer about with America’s urban schools. Results from the “Nation’s Report card,”...

Hate Crimes on Campus: Racial/Ethnic Diversity and Campus Safety

An upcoming report in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence evaluates the relationship between racial diversity and the number of hate crimes on...

Childhood Poverty Among Hispanics Sets Record, Leads Nation

Pew Hispanic Center  Latino children set an unfortunate record in 2010 when they comprised the largest percentage of U.S. children, 17 and...

Cities with Highest Black and Latino Unemployment

Hispanic  unemployment  highest in Northeast metropolitan areas High black unemployment widespread across nation’s metropolitan areas Economic Policy Institute These new studies by...

College Completion: The Latino Edition

The College Completion Agenda – Latino Edition College Board This new reports looks at what can be done to increase the number...

College Completion: The Latino Edition

The College Completion Agenda – Latino Edition College Board This new reports looks at what can be done to increase the number...

Juvenile Judges Find Benchcards Helpful in Reuniting Families

Note: This is the second part of a recap of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges annual conference, written...

A Tale of Two Homes: I Finally Stood Up to My Sneaky Foster Mom

Note: This column was republished with permission from Represent Magazine: The Voice of Youth in Foster Care When I was 15, my...

Weekly Notes: Agenda for Juvenile Woodstock; NYC’s plan for young minority men; Walsh Act update; and more

***Day 925 of the Obama administration and still no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...