Life Cycles of Inequity
The first in a series of videos about the challenges of being young, black and male in America, and dealing with implicit racial bias from early boyhood on.
Demographics and Immigration
The 'Transfer' Deficit: Push is on to propel students past community college
As community colleges gain attention as an affordable route to college, the need to boost transfer rates is more urgent. Model programs are easing the transition to a bachelor’s degree and serving groups that are underrepresented in higher education.
60 Years After Brown, Achievement Gaps Remain
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka integrated the nation's schools. Yet achievement is still a struggle for low-income students and students of color 60 years later.
Boy, 11, Joins Protest Blocking Traffic Near Congress To Highlight Immigration Reform Need
Yahir Servin, an 11-year-old from Russellville, Ala., joined other children for a nonviolent protest in Washington, D.C. Yahir is an American citizen but his father entered the country unlawfully.
Why Low-Income Kids Thrive in Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City was named one of the best places in the country for upward mobility in 2013. To maintain its status and address population changes, government officials, civic leaders and the powerful Mormon church are pursing various strategies to ensure schools and neighborhoods continue to boost low-income kids up the income ladder as they age.
The DREAM Movement’s New Agenda
The struggle for immigrant rights is changing, as some young activists turn away from the DREAMer movement and its push for a path to citizenship.
Covering Child Laborers in North Carolina's Tobacco Fields
Photo by Rayner Ramirez
In the counties of Eastern North Carolina, children are hard at work in dense acreage of tobacco plants, some working 60 hours a week to supplement their parents’ income. They face dangers such as acute nicotine poisoning. They are at risk of dropping out of school. And some are just 8 years old.
How Recent Immigration Complicates Our Racial Justice Policies (Opinion)
As more non-white immigrants enter the U.S., a sociologist asks if racial justice policies are leaving behind longstanding racial minority populations
President Obama Faces Rising Outcry Over Deportations as Immigration Reform Remains Stalled
President Obama faces rising outcry over deportations as the number nears 2 million. Immigration activists increasingly project anger on the president and say they feel betrayed by his failure to secure immigration reform.
Crossing the Desert: Why Brenda wanted Border Patrol to find her
Arizona is a major corridor for cross-border smuggling and migration, but the severe desert can be so intolerable that people attempting to cross the border into the U.S. can end up needing the very authorities they're hiding from.
