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Failing our young black men | Peter Herbert
London :: United Kingdom | 1 day ago
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Failing our young black men The news that most young black men are on the DNA database is further evidence of the failure of a policing and prisons agenda The recent debate about the accuracy of the statistics as to whether half or three quarters of...
Tags: black men, young black, dna database, United Kingdom, London, Law in the United Kingdom, War on Drugs, Anti-Social Behaviour Order, Youth justice in England and Wales, Social Issues, Law enforcement in the United States, Prison
RECESSION leaves MOSTLY BLACK MEN UNEMPLOYED
The recession has sent the unemployment rate among young black men soaring to rates not seen since the Great Depression. The jobless rate among black males aged 16 to 24 hit 34.5% last month, more than triple the rate for the general population. The...
Tags: recession, black men, racism, rascist, unemployment, unemployed, black, african american, africa, Great Depression, manufacturing, construction, retail sectors, black community, jobless, Washington, Employment, Macroeconomics, Underemployment, Business cycle, Recessions, Labor economics, Labor, Social Issues, allnews
Blacks hit hard by the economy
Milwaukee :: WI :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility These days, 24-year-old Delonta Spriggs spends much of his time cooped up in his mother's one-bedroom apartment in Southwest Washington, the TV blaring soap operas hour after hour, trying to stay out of the streets and out of trouble, held captive by...
Tags: Delonta Spriggs, black men, young black, Victoria Kirby, District, Milwaukee
Three quarters of young black men on national database, report says
London :: United Kingdom | 4 days ago
Credibility The cards were treasured and traded, and children who could not join in the swapping huddles would feel left out. So when Tresfaye Smith’s friend mislaid his set, he was more than upset. His father accused 12-year-old Tresfaye of stealing the cards —...
Tags: black men, young black, Pokémon, dna profile, national database, South London, Tresfaye Smith, United Kingdom, London, DNA profiling, Molecular biology, DNA, United Kingdom National DNA Database, National DNA database, Forensic software, Privacy, Biometrics, Social Issues
The startling Human Genetics Commission figures that don’t add up
London :: United Kingdom | 4 days ago
Credibility It is stated, without any qualification, in the opening paragraph of the foreword to today’s report from the Human Genetics Commission. But where did the commission and Professor Jonathan Montgomery, its chairman, get their figures? Commons Home Affairs...
Tags: young black, black men, Human Genetics Commission, dna database, EHRC, United Kingdom, London, Personal identification, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Government Equalities Office, DNA, Social Issues
Black Males Hit Extra Hard By Unemployment
Richton Park :: IL :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility This "he-cession," as it's sometimes called, has hit African-American men especially hard, increasing their unemployment rate to more than 17 percent last month. One of those unemployed black men searching for work is Randolph Smith. When Smith, 53, is...
Tags: Randolph Smith, black men, unemployment rate, Chicago Urban League, Richton Park, Recessions, Macroeconomics, Labor economics, Unemployment, Labor
My battle with prostate cancer
London :: United Kingdom | 10 days ago
Credibility On the day of my diagnosis, in April 2007, I kept an appointment at the urology clinic at Kings College Hospital in south London...A cricketing past had yielded several injuries over the years and the accident and emergency department became my second...
Tags: prostates cancer, Gordon Muir, black men, United Kingdom, London, Prostate, Cancer, Darcus Howe, Urology, Prostate cancer, Prostate-specific antigen, Health Medical Pharma
Colleges Fight to Get and Keep Black Males
Washington :: DC :: USA | 14 days ago
Credibility It was Joshua Almond's first semester grade point average of 3.53 that gave him the motivation he needed to succeed at West Georgia State University...Having been a good student in high school, Almond had some help with the often difficult transition...
Tags: black males, Nyumburu Black Male Initiative, graduation rate, americans males, black men, Black Student Union, Journal of Blacks, males initiatives, Joshua Almond, University of West Georgia, Washington, Black people, Race, Historically black colleges and universities, Course credit, Social Issues, Education
Nation's pupils find few black men to call Mister
Westminster :: SC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Teaching advocates are working to raise the number of black men in the profession. Federal data show that black men make up only 2 percent of the nation's teachers...Program director Roy Jones says that represents some progress but not nearly enough.
Tags: black men
The Cost of Redemption
The city of Atlanta is talking. Besides, Michael Vick changed the Atlanta Falcons franchise and gave hope to city that preferred high school football and band competitions over a team that required more prayers than all of Atlanta’s mega-churches...
Tags: dogs, punishment, redemption, prison, Vick, NFL, 60 Minutes, Black men, harmless
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