A five year study revealed that black males are 20% more likely to be pulled by police officers in Durham. The study was performed by RTI International and released on Thursday. The study examined 151,700 traffic stops between January 2010 and October 2015 by the department. The study also focused on the “veil of […]
A Little Positivity: New Jersey Mom Celebrates Son’s High School Graduation With Huge Billboard Ad
The dismal education statistics for young Black men are all too familiar, especially in cities like Camden, New Jersey, where poverty, crime and poor access to…
One summer about a million years ago, when I was 18, I went to community college to take some classes to transfer back to the university…
When Ted Gustus was a boy, he found his mother dead, lying on the floor of their railroad flat in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant. In the background,…
As a mentor of African-American male youth in the community, one of the things I’m constantly looking for is information and resources. But whether…
Last week, the United States Department of Labor released new jobs numbers for September. While Black unemployment decreased slightly, there has been growth in job…
Had to dig deep on this one. While giving thought to this year so far, I thought about the number of controversies surrounding Black men,…
In February, President Barack Obama announced an initiative to respond to the economic, employment, and educational disparities that young men of color face as they enter…
These days the “Twitterverse” is inescapable and who can believe that just a decade ago the term “tweet” was still associated with birds. But…
The “what’s wrong with Black males” chorus has been one long sung by the national media. Lengthy, well-reported articles in the Washington Post, The New…
