Like the Roma, African Americans face a precarious situation where stereotypes translate into a tragic reality of racial biases and attitudes that fuel the creation of discriminatory and harmful policies.
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With each passing year, another 1.2 million young people in the United States leave high school without receiving a diploma. Gateway to College opens the way to a future for these kids.
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Too many young people are born into chaos and poverty. YouthBuild enables them to master a trade like construction while they rebuild their lives.
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Writer Dominic J. Taylor discusses his new play, which aims to do justice to the stories of young people who have been routinely targeted, harassed, and humiliated by police.
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Rather than properly address the needs of black students, U.S. schools continue to pass the buck to the criminal justice system, which transforms good kids into hardened criminals and hinders the possibility of positive life outcomes.
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Millions of mothers around the U.S. are struggling with the problem of being unable to find viable mentoring programs for their children.
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In two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court today, Bryan Stevenson of the Equal Justice Initiative will assert that a mandatory sentence of life without parole for a 14-year-old is cruel and unusual punishment.
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I am the oldest of three girls, the mother of three daughters, and aunt to four nieces. So many might wonder why a woman who has lived in a female-dominated family might be so concerned and passionate about making sure that boys do well.
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In 2010, when I set out to launch a national storytelling project that would employ the talents of our best and brightest black male media makers, I envisioned a program that would extol the virtues of men of African descent that are often ignored in mainstream media. That vision had to do with, to...
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Without the help of black men and other caring adults serving as their guides, beating the odds can seem quite insurmountable for young black males.
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