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Improving black students’ learning doesn’t “start at home.” By Andre M. Perry Article Submission Mayors, teachers unions, and news commentators have boiled down the academic achievement gap between white and black students to one root
Read moreby Dr. Bill Johnson II Article Submission At age 16, despite being given no trial, Kalief Browder was imprisoned at Rikers Island, where he would spend the next three years of his life unjustly incarcerated.
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By Walter Williams Article Submission Last summer’s Ferguson, Missouri, disturbances revealed while blacks were 67 percent of its population, only three members of its 53-officer police force were black. Some might conclude such a statistic
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By: Natalie Moore Article Submission A few weeks before the school year ends, Taree Porter leads word drills with her second graders and reads a Judy Blume classic amid the din of giggles.
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By Matthew Lynch Article Submission Most people like to think that American K-12 schools, workplaces and courthouses are pillars of fairness, but statistic after statistic all point to a crisis among the young, Black men
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by C. Emmanuel Little Article Submission Sometimes it’s the forced, extra warm smile. It could be an overtly cordial greeting with disarming jokes. It might mean shirking natural hairstyles. For some, it’s even changing the
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By: Jarrod Horton Staff Writer One of the biggest scandals ever to occur in collegiate athletics is taking place right now in the Louisville Men’s Basketball Program. Allegations are swirling around the claims of former
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Video via Buzzfeed.com BTN STAFF Snoop Dogg was out in New York City last week promoting an online series he created called “Coach Snoop.” The series is in conjunction with AOL and Snoop stopped and
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