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The racial academic achievement gap cannot be closed in segregated schools.

The racial academic achievement gap cannot be closed in segregated schools.  - Only by undoing the racial isolation of disadvantaged black children's' schools, can the achievement gap be substantially narrowed. Americans have ...

Black Muslim Leaders Aim To Unite Their Faith Community To Fight Racism

Black Muslim Leaders Aim To Unite Their Faith Community To Fight Racism  -  Racism has affected the black Muslim community for generations. America's first Muslims were brought to the country as slaves, as historian Peter ...

State of Wisconsin Wisconsin had highest unemployment rate for African Americans in the US in ...

State of Wisconsin Wisconsin had highest unemployment rate for African Americans in the US in ...  -  Racial divides in Wisconsin continue to be made clear as the state notched the top spot in the nation for black unemployment rates in 2014. According ...

More Black, Latino Teens Say They're Online 'Almost Constantly'

More Black, Latino Teens Say They're Online 'Almost Constantly'  - More Black, Latino Teens Say They're Online 'Almost Constantly' ... "Young black people are not just consumers, but also inventors and innovators of ...

The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Re-establishment of Ties between the US and ...

The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Re-establishment of Ties between the US and ...  - The 7th Summit of the 35-member Organization of American States (OAS) ... institution that has only humiliated the honor of Latin American nations .

Poverty in Panama

Poverty in Panama  - Leaders from across Latin America gathered in Panama on Friday for the Summit of the Americas . They focused on economic issues facing the region.

The Invisibility of Class, and the Hegemony of Conservative Ideas, in Contemporary America

The Invisibility of Class, and the Hegemony of Conservative Ideas, in Contemporary America  - For in truth poverty is the one thing in America that ultimately is both color- and gender-blind. Without money, nothing else is possible: least of all the ...

7 Myths We Need to Stop Telling About Poverty

7 Myths We Need to Stop Telling About Poverty  - They're worried that poor Americans are buying lobster dinners on the government dime, and they want to make sure welfare recipients aren't going to ...

Reforming education from the bottom up in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Reforming education from the bottom up in Buenos Aires, Argentina  - Many cities in Latin America have taken the lead in promoting education reform, demonstrating that city-wide reforms could have a greater impact and ...

Obama Asks to End Conversion Therapy for Gays

Obama Asks to End Conversion Therapy for Gays  - Tonight, somewhere in America , a young person, let's say a young man, will struggle to fall to sleep, wrestling alone with a secret he's held as long as ...