All posts tagged "Race/Ethnicity"

Raising the Age of Juvenile Court Jurisdiction

KIDS COUNT Data Snapshot: Youth Incarceration in the United States

Reducing Disproportionate Minority Contact is the Work of Us All

I was looking for a pithy way to start my column about disproportionate minority contact and detention in the juvenile justice system....

Second-Generation Americans: A Portrait of the Adult Children of Immigrants

By Choice, Not by Chance: Family Planning, Human Rights and Development

Forced From Home: The Lost Boys and Girls of Central America

Exposure of African American Youth to Alcohol Advertising, 2008-2009

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...