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School Size and Interracial Friendship
School brochure pictures notwithstanding, by and large, students hang around kids of their same race. But it turns out that the type of school they go to might…
To All the Colleges That May Never Get a Chance to Reject Me: From the Poor Black Kid With Two Moms
This morning, I woke up, and I was grateful to do so. Earlier this week, my childhood friend Bob was shot down and killed by a stray bullet.…
Judge Me Not By the Texture of My Hair But By the Content of My Character
Growing up in the projects off of 8-Mile Road in Detroit, my mother prayed for one thing — not for an end to poverty, not for the safety…
On Gun Violence, Listen to the Children
Writing at the Huffington Post, Children’s Defense Fund President Marian Wright Edelman makes the case that it’s time to protect kids, not weapons. My friends are dead. I saw…
Listen to the Children
“My friends are dead. I saw the bad man. He was next to me when we ran out.” “I played ball with him. Now he is dead.” “My…
Gun control rally held in Harlem: Why we are marching
“It don’t even make a difference, miss. It’s like I don’t even need to go to school or nothing because I’m just gonna die before I can finish.”…
I Was a Teen Mom, and I’m Just Fine
In response to Mayor Bloomberg’s newest, and often offensive, billboards shaming kids against teen pregnancy, one young mother, Gloria Malone, shared her personal experience in the New York Times.…
Geographical Persuasion: Black, Feminine and Armed
Blogger Krishana Davis writes at Clutch magazine that as a native of the East Coast, she did not consider owning a handgun until she moved to South Florida, where residents…
Reba Williams, 106-Year-Old Ohio Woman, To Get High School Diploma
LUCAS, Ohio — A 106-year-old Ohio woman is finally going to get her high school diploma. Reba Williams said she completed high school in Mount Vernon in central…
Rev. Jesse Jackson: Guns and Not the Klan, are the Real Enemies
Chicago suffers unbearable levels of gun violence, yet the victims remain largely silent. They travel from funeral home to graveyard rather than march from church to gun shop. The president…
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