Report: Rates of breast cancer, fatality rise among black women
White women have held the highest rates of breast cancer in the U.S., but rates are rising among black women. According to a report released by the American Cancer Society, from 2006 through 2010,...
View ArticleSouthern University researcher receives $900,000 to prevent AIDS
Dr. Alma Thornton is the director of the Center for Social Research at Southern University Baton Rouge. She was recently awarded a three-year, $900,000 federal grant to assist in the prevention of...
View ArticleWhat’s In a Name Anyways?
I once was a child in grammar school. I had to carry backpacks twice my weight, hide gum under desks and find out I was nearsighted after all. And to think, my teacher thought I was just an ethusiastic...
View ArticleThe affects of racism on online dating
The rate of interracial marriages in the United States has doubled in the past 30 years, but according to online dating habits, racism is still pretty prevalent. University of California at San Diego...
View ArticleGun violence in movies doubles since 1950
Despite numbers not being as high as they were a decade ago, gun violence remains to be a key issue in urban cities. A new study set from publication in next month's issue of Pediatrics confirms what...
View ArticleREPORT: Latino Youth Support Same-Sex Marriage At Much Higher Rates Than...
According to the Black Youth Project’s latest memo, Latino youth support same-sex marriage at much higher rates than Black youth, while support among white youth falls in between.Our analysis examined...
View ArticlePresident announces $100M HIV research initiative
President Barack Obama has announced a new initiative to combat the spread of the HIV virus. His administration is redirecting $100 million into the project which will live at the National Institutes...
View Article50% of black males will be arrested before turning 23
According to a new study published in the Crime & Delinquency journal, 50 percent of black males and almost 40 percent of white males in the country are arrested at least once by the age of 23....
View ArticleBlack youth who face frequent discrimination at higher risk for deadly...
Black youth who report experiencing frequent incidents of discrimination during adolescence are at a greater risk of developing heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and stroke in later years....
View ArticleLack of sleep, time spent online tied to increased risk of depression in teens
11 percent of teens in the U.S. develop depression by the time they are 18. According to researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, lack of sleep and time spent online can...
View ArticleReport: White Nationalist website linked to nearly 100 hate crimes
According to a report released by the Southern Poverty Law Center, people charged with the murders of nearly 100 people are all linked to a single far right white nationalist website. Stormfront.org...
View ArticleReport: 90% of employees at Facebook are white
For the first time in the history of the company, Facebook released its diversity report to the public. The results reveal a huge race and gender gap in terms of employment. From Recode: For...
View ArticlePoll: blacks in New York want more police despite death of Eric Garner
According to a poll conducted by Quinnipiac University, 56 percent of New York City voters feel that police issuing summonses and making arrests for low-level offenses improves the quality of life in a...
View ArticleCalifornia professor committed to improving strained relationship between...
A professor whose research is helping a California police department improve its tense relationship with the black community is among 21 winners of this year’s MacArthur Foundation “genius grants.” The...
View ArticleWith new report, NWLC calls for equal opportunities for African American girls
The National Women’s Law Center has released a new report that shows how dire it is for African American girls. As battles ensue for racial and gender equality, the NWLC’s report, “Unlocking...
View ArticleStudy: whites associate word ‘black’ with negative connotations
According to a recent study published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, whites associate more negative connotations with the word “Black” than they do with the word “African American.”...
View ArticleBYP Joins $18Mil Research Effort to Shed Light on Women and Girls of Color
Black Youth Project is one of 25 universities and research centers that are funding a new effort to study opportunity and empowerment for women and girls of color. Beginning next year as part of this...
View ArticleWhy it’s important that men are writing about rape
On Wednesday, the Women’s Media Center released research findings which suggest that – even though 20 percent of women versus 2 percent of men will be raped in their lifetimes, stories about rape are...
View ArticleStudy Shows New HIV Findings That Could Lead to a Cure
In recent years, there has been augmented progress in finding a vaccine and functional cure for HIV, Human immunodeficiency virus. There’s a great need for it as well as more than a third of Black...
View ArticleThe First-Generation: Another Perspective Of The Low Black STEM Population
Everyone keeps asking why there aren’t more Black STEM students and professionals. But few are discussing the difficulties faced by first-generation Black students. I am not shy about my experiences as...
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