Proposal Would Cost $3 Million Over 3 Years By Bridgit Bowden Madison Mayor Paul Soglin was joined by grassroots organizers to announce a plan addressing racial disparities and violence prevention on Wednesday afternoon. The Focused Interruption Committee includes leaders from the NAACP, MOSES, Nehemiah and other community groups. The committee’s 15-point plan would cost $3 […]
Report: Racial Disparities In Arrests Persist With legal Pot
By Kristen Wyatt, Associated Press April 3, 2015 (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) DENVER, COLORADO (ASSOCIATED PRESS) — The legalization of marijuana in Colorado hasn't solved the racial disparities in enforcement that drug-policy reformers had hoped to end, with blacks still far more likely than whites to be charged with pot-related crimes, a new […]
Racial Disparities in Early Childhood Hurts U.S.
By Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington Correspondent March 6, 2015 Ready Freddy visits prekindergarten students at a public school in Buffalo, N.Y. (David Duprey/AP Photo) WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) — Increased investment in early childhood education and care can eradicate many of the racial success gaps that persist throughout society, according to a new […]