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BY MARCIN Article Submission The earnings gap between African-American men and white men is the same now as it was 60 years ago for the median worker, according to a new study from University of Chicago economist Kerwin
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By Matthew Lynch Article Submission The statistics point to a startling, yet simple, truth: black boys who cannot read are already in trouble. So if we know that black boys aren’t reading the level they should,
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By Patrik Jonsson and Josh Kenworthy Article Submission ATLANTA AND BOSTON – Nikita Bush comes from a family of public school teachers: Her mom, aunts, uncles – nearly all of them have been involved in public education at
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A new study from Cleveland looks at the correlations between living conditions and kindergarten readiness. By Alexia Fernández Campbell Article Submission Much has been written about how a child’s environment can hurt or help their
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By: Jarrod Horton Staff Writer Maybe this top-five list is a plea for a new Eddie Murphy classic movie. Yeah, he has made some movies in recent years. But after looking at Eddie Murphy’s list
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By The Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III Article Submission As Chicago hit its 500th homicide recently, a beautiful act of love and resistance spread light on the South Side. Almost 300 men, most from Trinity
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By: Jarrod Horton Staff Writer On a Thursday evening at Union Missionary Baptist Church, a small church located on Chicago’s West Side, you could see a black man and woman standing in front of the
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By Jack Smith IV Article Submission Since 2013, Chicago has been home to one of the most controversial crime-prevention experiments in the country: the Strategic Subjects List.
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