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…
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…
Thanks to the Internet, there’s no shortage of graphic images that can illustrate almost any statistic that we can come up with. So lucky for…
This week, an American ritual will repeat itself. Something that within the past century has morphed into a rite of passage for armies of…
President Barack Obama’s (pictured center) new “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative, aimed at addressing employment and education challenges for young men of color, has been lauded…
A new study about skin bias shows that people remember intelligent Black males as having had lighter skin. RELATED: UPDATED: See Doctor Explain Why Racism…
Half of all Black males in the United States have been behind bars by age 23, according to a new study published by academic journal…
A new registry compiled by two major universities reveals that more than 2,000 prisoners were incorrectly imprisoned for serious crimes since 1989. After perusing the…
