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Assessing the Crisis: Black Males and Secondary Education
In recent years, Black males have been candidly described as an endangered species. This crisis of the Black male has been attributed to several factors and is visible in literally all aspects of society. They are largely ...
How Can We Fix the Racial Gap in Infant Deaths? Legal Approaches and Community Based Solutions
This paper takes up the issue of the large racial gap in infant mortality in the United States. After citing data that demonstrates such a gap exists, the paper proceeds to explore factors contributing to and the many ...
Diversification is not Enough: Dismantling White Supremacy in the Nonprofit Sector
The term white supremacy connotes extremist organizations like the Ku Klux Klan for many Americans, but white supremacist norms and characteristics are often salient much closer to home. Merriam Webster defines white ...
The Healthcare System in the United States Runs Afoul of International Law
. . . this paper analyzes the international right to health and questions whether the current state of the American healthcare system runs afoul of international law. If so, does the U.S. have a legal obligation to under ...
The Broken Trust Doctrine
Most Americans are unaware of the pattern of injustices that the United States government has committed against Native Americans. Native Americans are among some of the poorest in America. The United States Civil Rights ...
Gender Inequality in African Education: How Can the Lessons of South Africa Apply to the Rest of the Continent?
The worldwide problem of unequal female education cannot be solved by domestic policies alone, and the global institutional order must bend to the necessity of human rights and equality. Promoting growth is not a sufficient ...
Narrowing the Achievement Gap in High Schools
On one hand, the education gap is a predictor of unimpressive future market and non-market outcomes. On the other hand, low-income and minority citizens are more likely to fall behind their wealthier peers. This creates a ...
No Child Left Behind and the Achievement Gap: Disadvantaged Students Are No Better Off Than Before. Now What?
It is clear that students are entering school with gaps, but from factors that are somewhat malleable. There is a potential for recovery from coming in with gaps, particularly related to health and nutrition. Tanner et al ...
Racial and Economic Discrimination in the American Criminal Justice System: An Investigation of and Alternatives to Judicial Sentencing in Criminal Courts in Non-Capital Cases
My experiences as an investigator at the Public Defender Service for DC sparked my interest in this topic of racial and economic discrimination in the criminal justice system. I examine previous research and case studies ...
Released But Not Freed: The Impact of Incarceration on Post-Release Employment
This paper focuses on the disparate access to the labor market for incarcerated males of low socioeconomic status, as this is the overwhelming majority of the prison population. The very presence of incarceration, compounded ...