November 2013
November 8th, 2013
Written by Glenn Minnis in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
A new Sentencing Project study concludes one in every three black males born today can expect to be imprisoned at some point in their life, compared to just one in every 17 white males.
Sentencing Project officials recently submitted their report to the U.N. Human Rights Committee in advance of the U.N.'s review of American compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights...
November 7th, 2013
Written by Kimberly Heflin... in Eyes On The Enterprise with 0 Comments
The nation's report card shows that students overall are still underachieving despite the fact that today's fourth and eighth graders are doing better than their predecessors in math and reading.
Even with record scores of improvement, it's too early to celebrate. The vast majority of the students still are not demonstrating solid academic performance in either subject, according to the 2013...
November 7th, 2013
Written by Geoff Mulvihill in All About Family with 0 Comments
New Jersey students scored among the highest in the nation this year on a standardized test often used to compare states' educational performance, and the exams revealed that Hispanic eighth-graders have made significant progress in closing the performance gap with their white peers, according to results released Thursday.
New Jersey's eighth-graders ranked second in the nation for the average...
November 7th, 2013
Written by Russell Roberts in Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
The alleged bullying incident on the NFL's Miami Dolphins football team between two offensive linemen, one white and one African American, continues to take many twists and turns, and with each reported revelation it becomes more and more unbelievable.
At first the incident between white lineman Richie Incognito and black lineman Jonathan Martin was reported as a case of the veteran Incognito...
November 7th, 2013
Written by Corey Williams ... in Cover Stories with 0 Comments
Detroit's mayor-elect said Wednesday that far too much had been made of his skin color during a historic write-in campaign and general election victory that will make him the predominantly black city's first white mayor in four decades.
Appearing at his first news conference as mayor-elect, Mike Duggan said he would meet over the next two days with Michigan's governor and Detroit's current...