by Ashley Griffin | Aug 13, 2020 | Articles
Yet another piece of evidence has emerged showing the importance of diversifying the teaching profession: In a study published by the Institute of Labor Economics last week, low-income Black students who have a Black teacher for at least one year in elementary school...
by Aly J. Yale | Aug 13, 2020 | Articles
Black and Hispanic homebuyers are significantly more likely to get turned down for a conventional mortgage loan, according to new data. A recent analysis from Zillow shows that in 2016, nearly 21% of black applicants were denied a conventional loan, while 15.5% of...
by Frank Edwards | Aug 13, 2020 | Articles
Black men face a 1 in 1,000 chance of being killed by police compared to about 1 in 2,000 for all men, Rutgers-Newark study found Police violence is a leading cause of death of young men in the United States with black men 2.5 times more likely to be killed by law...
by EMILY BADGER, CLAIRE CAIN MILLER, ADAM PEARCE, KEVIN QUEALY | Aug 8, 2020 | Articles
Black boys raised in America, even in the wealthiest families and living in some of the most well-to-do neighborhoods, still earn less in adulthood than white boys with similar backgrounds, according to a sweeping new study that traced the lives of millions of...
by Stanford Report | Aug 8, 2020 | Articles
A new study led by Thomas S. Dee, a professor at Stanford Graduate School of Education (GSE), provides the first evidence that access to the program significantly reduced the number of black males who dropped out of high school. The study found smaller reductions in...
by Jean Lotus - UPI | Aug 8, 2020 | Articles
July 27 (UPI) — Lawmakers in the U.S. House on Monday overwhelmingly passed legislation to create a new commission to study the societal struggles of Black men and boys in the United States. The new Social Status of Black Men and Boys Act would authorize a...