Black Youth
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No Ma’am, Trump Does Not Deserve a Chance
I was sitting at a Starbucks trying to mind my own business and right next to me two individuals were…
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‘Carter High’ Film Shows Impact of Bad Decisions
WASHINGTON — It’s one of the most storied, yet tragic tales of high school football history – one that unfolded…
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CHAVIS: Lilly Endowment Funds Black Minds Matter
There is an old African proverb that says: “Where you put your wealth signifies where and how your life’s priorities…
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PARCC Results Abysmal for D.C. High Schools
According to new test results released from the Office of the State Superintendent, the percentage of students at Ballou, Roosevelt…
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JESSE JACKSON: Charters, Heavy Testing Hurt Our Schools
Across the country, parents have been in revolt against high-stakes standardized testing, with kids tested over and over again while…
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Black Women Leaders Outraged By Police Violence against S.C. Student
Leading Black women across the nation are expressing outrage this week over the videotaped violent incident showing a White police…
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South Carolina Officer Who Threw Girl across Classroom Fired
The South Carolina police officer seen in an Internet video yanking a girl from her classroom seat has been fired.…
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College Scholarships Help D.C.’s Most Vulnerable
Black male students from Wards 7 and 8 shared their stories on how they overcame bad neighborhoods and adversity to…
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HBCUs Better For Black Students: Survey
Black graduates who attended historically black colleges and universities are better off in five well-being categories than black graduates at…
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Hinton Battle’s ‘Soul-Dance’ Scores Big with Local Youth
Young people from across the Greater Washington Area showed up in force last weekend, eager to learn from some of…
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