MSNBC: Closing the ‘Race Gap’ in Education
Young Invincibles’ Research and Policy Manager Tom Allison joins MSNBC’s The Cycle co-host Touré to discuss the recently published Closing the Race Gap report.
Young Invincibles’ Research and Policy Manager Tom Allison joins MSNBC’s The Cycle co-host Touré to discuss the recently published Closing the Race Gap report.
By Ronald Roach “It’s been long documented that African-Americans encounter discrimination more than other Americans in the U.S. job market and experience higher levels of unemployment. Among young Black adults, the tendency toward higher rates of joblessness has remained pronounced...
Excerpt from op-ed in the The Orlando Sentinel: “Andy MacCracken’s family faced a sobering but clear choice. After his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, the money his parents had spent years saving to send him to college would go to save...
By Ciera Burch “Within the black community, it is often said that you must work twice as hard as our white counterparts to succeed in the workplace. Now, a new report is backing up what many black parents have told...
By Tiffany Lynch “The staggering amount of student loan debt America is accruing is becoming a bigger concern for a number of experts, as debt — which increased 20 percent between 2011 and 2013 — is seemingly more overarching in...
An excerpt from an op-ed in The Sacramento Bee: “I am a first-generation college student, a single mother and sole provider for my son. I will be transferring to California State University, Sacramento, this fall, the lucky recipient of a competitive...
Fusion’s Emily Deruy and Angela Barajas report on the student debt crisis and mention Young Invincibles’ work on the issue in the clip below:
By Jonnelle Marte “Fifty years ago today, the Civil Rights Act banned discrimination in hiring and education. But for all the opportunities that have been opened to minorities since then, black men still need two more levels of education to have the...
By Jonathan Berr “Student loan debt, which has risen 20 percent to $1.2 trillion between 2011 and 2013 — surpassing every other form of non-mortgage debt — is becoming increasingly expensive.” Read more here.
The Daily Ticker’s Aaron Task talks with Young Invincibles’ Policy & Advocacy Manager Jennifer Wang about the impact of student loan rate increases set for July 1st contributing to the country’s student debt crisis in the clip below: