Here’s what young people think about police violence and guns
The survey findings below are summarized in the report “Gun Violence, Policing, and Young Communities of Color – July 2016” which can be downloaded here. The recent police killings of Alton Sterling...
View ArticlePOLL: CLINTON STRUGGLES TO MAKE INROADS WITH YOUNG AMERICANS
By: Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton is struggling to make inroads among young Americans who overwhelmingly supported Bernie Sanders during the Democratic presidential primary, a...
View ArticleA new survey of young people finds growing support for Black Lives Matter and...
By: Fusion According to the GenForward survey, released today by the Black Youth Project at the University of Chicago and the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, young Americans are...
View ArticleGenForward Poll: Most Whites Think Clinton Broke Law
By: Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Young Americans are divided over Hillary Clinton’s handling of her email account while she was secretary of state, with most young whites saying she intentionally...
View ArticlePOLL: Young People Prefer Clinton over Trump, but Don’t Trust Either Candidate
The July 2016 results from the GenForward Survey have some important findings: young people, especially young people of color, prefer Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump. Clinton has a sizable advantage...
View ArticlePew Study Examines #BlackLivesMatter Discussion on Social Media
In a new survey entitled “Social Media Conversations about Race,” the Pew Research Center follows the ways social media users discuss race, especially as related to the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter. The...
View ArticleGenForward Poll: Young black adults less trusting of police
By: Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Young Americans are about equally likely to say they’ve had an encounter with police, but young black adults are much more likely than whites to say they’ve been...
View ArticleNew study shows childhood trauma’s wide intergenerational impact
Researchers at the University of California have just published a study in Pediatrics which found that the effects of childhood trauma have mental health implications for generations. Adam Schickedanz,...
View ArticleHomelessness among formerly incarcerated people is at a crisis point,...
According to a new report from the Prison Policy Initiative, homelessness among the 5 million formerly incarcerated people in America is ten times higher than it is for the rest of the country....
View ArticleAfter exploiting her for research, Johns Hopkins University to name building...
Johns Hopkins University announced plans to name its newest interdisciplinary building after Henreitta Lacks during its ninth annual Henrietta Lacks Memorial Lecture on Saturday morning. The building...
View ArticleNew experimental gene therapies offer potential cure for sickle cell, which...
Sickle cell disease, which is caused by a mutated gene that results in red blood cells shaped like sickles, is a disease that primarily affects Black people. Given that, research surrounding a...
View ArticleTalking to Black youth about the complexities of sexual racism after Wilder v...
by Jacques P. Lesure It’s no secret that boxing is a gladiator-esque game that draws in hundreds of millions of dollars per year. Those who watch the sport must remain flexible to a wide range of...
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