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Common Core Plan for Addressing Education Disparities
A recent report published by the Center for American Progress examines the Common Core Curriculum as a means of addressing education disparities. These disparities traditionally have been a challenge for students of color, poor students,…
Report show disparities in access to care and chronic disease in LGBT community (part 1)
The Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community in the United States are faced with various barriers in accessing health services, which can have adverse effects on their health outcomes.…
Higher cervical cancer rates than previously reported in African American women
A study carried out at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and published in the journal Cancer has shown that the rates of cervical cancer is higher than previously believed in older…
Separate and Unequal Schools after Brown v. Board of Education
A new report by the University of California Los Angeles’ Civil Rights Project/Proyeto Derechos Civiles examines the change in school demographics in the wake of the 60th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision. Since…
Study Calls for Increased Racial/Ethnic Diversity in Clinical Trials to Combat Cancer Disparities
Although findings from the “Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2009” indicated that overall cancer death rates have declined throughout the United States among both men…
Socioeconomic and Health Barriers Faced by Asian American & Pacific Islander Boys and Young Men
The Asian American and Pacific Islander community is sometimes thought of as the model minority that faces fewer disparities and barriers compared to other ethnic groups. However, increasing data has…
Increasing diversity of America’s youth is geographically uneven
According to the US Census Bureau, the non-Hispanic white population will become a racial minority in the United States by 2043. This is anticipated to be attributed to differences in child…
Young Black College Graduates Hit Hard by Economic Downturn
Among college graduates, black recent college graduates have been hit hardest by the Great Recession and a new report by the Center for Economic and Policy Research examines this issue. The pre-Recession unemployment rate…
A Call for Diversity in Legal Education, Part Two
A recent National Law Journal report describes efforts being made to increase the presence of people of color in the field of law because only approximately ten percent of the nation’s lawyers…
New IT Platform Aims to Reduce Health Disparity in American Indian and Alaska Natives
Varuous research studies have shown that American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) have worse health outcomes compared to other Americans. A new system of storing electronic health records (EHR) may help reduce…