Youth Today

Identifying Immigrant Families Involved with Child Welfare Systems

The Urban Institute More than one-fifth of all U.S. children have at least one immigrant parent, according to figures from the Urban...

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Changes

CRU Institute 30 minutes. $95. “I want to do something with my life. That has nothing to do with me being black,”...

News

ICE’d Out

Crackdowns on Illegal Immigrants: Administrative arrests by fiscal year As federal immigration authorities raided a New Bedford, Mass., manufacturing plant in March,...

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American-Born Children of Illegal Immigrants Face Difficult Decision When Parents Deported

The San Diego Union-Tribune Many of the 18,000 adults deported since June under an initiative of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

News

The State of Black America 2007: Portrait of the Black Male

National Urban League This year’s annual Equality Index – a statistical measurement of disparities between blacks and whites in the areas of...

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Coloring Outside the Lines

New Youth Connections, New York (All names have been changed.) I didn’t think much about race until seventh grade, when I...

Opinion

Evidence of a Darker Reality: The Black Youth Project

Six in 10 African-American youth believe “it is hard for young black people to get ahead because they face so much discrimination,”...

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Tribal Justice and Safety in Indian Country

http://www.usdoj.gov/tribaljusticeandsafety This new U.S. Office of Justice Programs (OJP) site provides information about courts, corrections, law enforcement, crime statistics, crime prevention, and...

Book Reviews

Enough: The Phony Leaders, Dead-End Movements, and Culture of Failure That Are Undermining Black America

By Juan WilliamsRandom House256 pages; $25 You might not be able to judge a book by its cover, but you can sometimes...

News

Report Roundup for June 2006

A compilation of the reports from this issue.

Opinion

Race, Class, Culture And Perceived Entitlements

Bear with me. I’m trying to make sense of a series of writings spread before me that speak to how race, class...

News

Youth Development’s Racial Challenge

Chicago The Southwest Youth Collaborative is housed in a corner building covered by graffiti murals and perched at the junction of several...

News

Report Roundup for June 2005

A compilation of the reports from this issue.

Research

Research of Note for November 2004

Are the ‘Best’ Drug Treatment Programs Effective? Quality of Highly Regarded Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment ProgramsRosalind Brannigan, M.P.H.; Bruce Schakman, Ph.D.; Mathea...

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Pubs and Videos for March 2004

Activism Making Children A National Priority: A Framework for Community Action, by Linda Morgan and Teri Martin, provides youth workers with a...

Research

Research of Note for March 2004

Can bad news about suburban kids provide hope for urban youth? Can randomly assigning a roommate of a different race influence youth...

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Pubs and Videos for February 2004

Alcohol Alternate Routes: An Alcohol Diversion Program, by Laura Burney Nissen, is a strength-based model to be used with youth going through...

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Press Watch for December 2003 – January 2004

From Guitar Making to Fitness, the New Face of Trade SchoolsThe Arizona Republic With a lagging economy and employers looking for more...

News

Report Roundup for December 2003 – January 2004

A compilation of the reports from this issue.

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Pubs and Videos for November 2003

African-American Friendship, Cliques, and Gangs: Young Black Men Coming of Age in Urban America, by Greg Dimitriadis, revolves around a qualitative and...