“JUVENILE JUSTICE REFORM: MAKING THE “MISSOURI MODEL” AN AMERICAN MODEL”
The state of Missouri has created a juvenile justice system that has proved so successful over the last thirty years it's known as the "Missouri [...]
Read MoreThe state of Missouri has created a juvenile justice system that has proved so successful over the last thirty years it's known as the "Missouri [...]
Read MoreIn January 2008, four sisters were found dead in their southeast Washington, D.C. home. The girls, ages 5, 6, 11, and 17, had been [...]
Read MoreWhen young Black men are the victims of violent injuries in their urban neighborhoods, what happens next? This question haunted Dr. John Rich, who was [...]
Read MoreAcross the country, schoolchildren have been studying Black History Month. But many Americans know very little about a group of schools that educated hundreds of [...]
Read MoreWhen people talk about the "achievement gap" at-risk children face, they often think of it in terms that apply to school-age children—but that gap can [...]
Read MoreWhen Howard Zinn passed away on January 27 at age 87, the nation mourned the loss of a pioneering historian and social activist who revolutionized [...]
Read MoreDr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday every January becomes an occasion for looking back at the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement. As the celebration [...]
Read MoreA homeless man talking about how he ended up on the streets said he had wanted to get in with the "cool" crowd in 8th [...]
Read MoreNineteen-year-old Jasmine Lynn arrived at Atlanta's Spelman College, my alma mater, as a smart, dedicated student full of promise. She was a psychology major with [...]
Read MoreIf any of us were forced to live in a desert we'd probably find trying to survive in a barren, desolate wasteland difficult. But through [...]
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