by Christie Manisto and Adam Stubbendick | Jun 18, 2012 | Articles
Problem: Urban Food Deserts and Their Impact on Children A food desert is a community with little or no access to grocery stores and quality, nutritious food choices. In urban areas these deserts are compounded by easy access to non-nutritious food located in...
by James Alan Fox, Ph.D. | Jun 18, 2012 | Articles
Summary of Findings While overall homicide levels in the United States have fluctuated minimally in recent years, those involving young victims and perpetrators—particularly young black males—have surged. From 2002 to 2007, the number of homicides involving black male...
by Kimberly Suzette Peterz, Chicago, Illinois | Jun 18, 2012 | Articles
Abstract The purpose of this research was to evaluate the degree to which Black students are overrepresented and misplaced in special education, as a result of current testing and placement practices, insufficient parental knowledge of special education rights and...
by Rose Sanders and Wythe Holt, Selma, Alabama | Jun 18, 2012 | Articles
Eddie Blue was ready to enter Selma High School, the only public high school in the troubled city of Selma, Alabama. He was fourteen then, in 1989, filled with visions of greatness that exceeded ordinary fantasies and dreams. He wanted to take algebra, a foreign...
by National Urban League | Jun 18, 2012 | Articles
National Urban League’s The State of Black America® 2009 Report Shows Black and White Equality Still Needs Work (NEW YORK) – As the entire country observed the historic election of President Barack Obama amid one of the worst economic crises this nation has ever seen,...
by Richard Clay | Jun 18, 2012 | Articles
By Blake Morrison and Peter Eisler,USA TODAY RACINE, Wis. — Students at Starbuck Middle School stumbled through the halls just after lunch on Oct. 31, 2007, holding their bellies and moaning. When the vomiting began, teachers knew that it wasn’t a Halloween...
