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Mentoring The Tough And Risky: A Small Cadre Of Successful Women Mentor At-Risk Youth

Paul Wisenthal | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Public Schools, Inner City, At-Risk Youth, Education, Living on the Streets, Mentoring, Teens, Jail, Home News
Paul Wisenthal

Jabious and Anthony Williams enrolled in an entrepreneurship program at their high school, sponsored by NFTE. In class, Patty Alper and Mena Lofland changed their lives and mentored their successes.

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Teaching Entrepreneurship in Inner-City Schools

Rahilla Zafar | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Inner City, Education, Business, Finance, Accounting, Education News
Rahilla Zafar

Professor Weigelt of Wharton Business School speaks of the moral obligation elite universities have in helping provide opportunities, role models and improving education in inner-city communities.

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Every 26 Seconds, A Student Drops Out Of High School

Tyree Dillingham | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Inner City, After-School All-Stars, Women's Shelters, San Diego State, After-School Programs, High School Drop Out, Tim Shelton, Advocacy, Impact News
Tyree Dillingham

In the United States, a child drops out of high-school every 26 seconds. Every year, we are producing cities the size of San Diego (1.3 million) full of students that don't even have a high

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The Indie on Demand Movie Review: The Interrupters

Dan Persons | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Latinos, Inner City, Gang Violence, Chicago, Documentary, Ceasefire, Gangs, African Americans, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

In this week's quickie Indie on Demand Movie Review, we take a look at The Interrupters, a documentary, now available on-demand.

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The Peter Paul Center Route Out of Poverty

Kevin Powell | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Inner City, Education, Dr. King, Poverty, Community Center, Peter Paul Development Center, Cycle of Poverty, Richmond, DC News
Kevin Powell

It's simply not enough for politicians to suggest the poor in America have an unapologetic dependency on government assistance. That is why I greatly admire the Peter Paul Development Center in Richmond, Virginia's east end.

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PHOTOS: America's Abandoned Places And How They Got That Way

Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: Inner City, Urban Decay, Abandoned Places, Urban Policy, Effects of Ruin Porn, Abandoned Buildings, Inner Cities, Urban Travel, Ruin Porn, Abandoned, Rust Belt, US Travel, Travel News

The following is a post from David Schalliol, the Visiting Assistant Professor of Social Sciences at the Illinois Institute of Technology. The pho...

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PHOTOS: Exploring America's Inner Cities With Photographer Jeff Brouws

Randy Fox | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Photography, Inner City, Baltimore, Jeff Brouws, Travel, Robert Taylor Housing, Inner City Population, Travel Photography, Chicago, Detroit, Randy Fox, Rust Belt, Huffington Post, Pittsburgh, Travel Blogs, American Elegy, Travel News
Randy Fox

Photographer Jeff Brouws has been photographing and studying the plight of America's inner cities for the past 15 years. Brouws' inner-city images acutely document the economic, social and environmental transition that has taken place in the years that have passed since America's manufacturing peak.

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Too Important to Fail

Tavis Smiley | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Inner City, Tavis Smiley, Inner City Schools, Inner City Youth, Youth Unemployment, Black Unemployment, Black Voices News
Tavis Smiley

2011-09-12-tavistavistavis.jpgBehind every education statistic is a boy with hopes and dreams and abilities that may not show up in standardized testing.

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What Can Make Chicago Safer?

Zack Isaacs | Posted 08.06.2011

Read More: Aeyanuna Rogers, Englewood, Flash Mobs, Crime, Summer, Police, Safety, Chicago, Violence, Community, Inner-City, Chicago News
Zack Isaacs

Before summer officially begins, Chicago is dealing with more than just a spike in temperatures. It seems as if hot weather brings some of the wrong p...

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NFTE: Injecting Entrepreneurship into Inner City Education (VIDEO)

Mike Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Inner City, Education, Cory Booker, Amy Rosen, Arne Duncan, Innovation, Obama, Business, Low Income, Nfte, Entrepreneur, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, Education News
Mike Green

In the same ways teachers are trained to teach math, they should be trained to teach entrepreneurship. They should be given curriculum and the tools to do it, and the shelf time in schools.

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Usher gives inner city youth 'New Look' on entrepreneurship, leadership, life

Mike Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Inner City, Usher's New Look Foundation, Small Business, Youth, New Look Foundation, Social Entrepreneurship, Usher, Youth Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Business, Grammy Awards, Education News
Mike Green

Millions of music fans know Usher (Usher Raymond IV) as a phenomenal performer who has captivated the music scene for 15 years. With five Grammy Award...

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Emotionally Disturbed Inner City Students

Dr. Ronald Ricker and Dr. Venus Nicolino | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Behavioral Problems, Welfare, Drug Addiction, Inner City, Mental Health, Police, Children, School Problems, Adolescents, Pregnancy, Funding, Gangs, Family Values, Disadvantaged, Drop-Out, Emotional Problems, Teachers, Donations, Schools, Arrest, Impact News
Dr. Ronald Ricker and Dr. Venus Nicolino

The problems facing today's inner city students, particularly those with behavioral and emotional problems, are innumerable and daunting. The Linden Center is an example of a program that attempts to deal with these problems.

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Carl Paladino Backs Welfare Prison Dorms, Hygiene Classes

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hygiene Class, Inner City, Governor's Race, Welfare, 2010 Elections, Rick Lazio, Prison Dorms, Republican, Tea Party, Carl Paladino, Elections 2010, Politics News

NEW YORK — Republican candidate for governor Carl Paladino said he would transform some New York prisons into dormitories for welfare recipients...

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Point. Click. Donate. (Repeat)

Claire Wasserman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Inner City, Chess, Children, Nonprofits, Lewis Cullman, Twitter, Facebook, Recession, New York City, Social Media, Education, Public School, Kickstarter, Branding, Marketing, Fundraising, Slideshow, Impact News
Claire Wasserman

Affecting lives and helping others has never been so easy. The mere click of the mouse yields extraordinary power as websites such as Kickstarter can make anyone with access to a computer a donor.

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Clean Energy, Brown Fields, Wild Spaces

Majora Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Inner City, Progress, Majora Carter Group, Investment, Green the Ghetto, Majora, Clean-Tech, Green News
Majora Carter

One of the best things about my work in green project development is that I get to see how innovative projects inspire new policies, which in turn ope...

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Ovie Mughelli: The NFL's Green MVP

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Inner City, Laura Turner Seydel, Atlanta Falcons, Ovie Mughelli, Football, Environment, Captain Planet, Nfl, Sports News
Avital Binshtock

Ovie Mughelli, at 30 years old and 245 pounds, is the NFL's greenest star, aiming his eco-efforts at underprivileged kids.

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What Can Stop Chicago Violence?

Zack Isaacs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Deadly Streets, Shootings, Englewood, Chicago, Violence, Syron Smith, African-American Issues, Inner City, Obama, Chicago News
Zack Isaacs

In Chicago's toughest neighborhoods, some black men find themselves more likely to be picked up by an ambulance than a cab.

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Rating the Rations: A Taste Test of Freeze-Dried Hiking Foods

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Inner City, Hiking, Military, Backpacking, Mre, Comfort Food, Desserts, Food, Entrees, Sierra Club, Dehydration, Freeze-Dried, Food News
Avital Binshtock

We recruited six young adults from Leadership Excellence, to blind taste an array of commercially produced freeze-dried fare. Our volunteers sampled 15 entrees and five desserts and scored them on a scale of 1 to 10.

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Chicago Violence Affects Us All

Zack Isaacs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago Public Schools, Inner City, Education, Black Men, Violence, Gun Control, Citizen Journalism, Reggis Washington, Cps, Chicago News
Zack Isaacs

My friend Reggis Washington was the latest Chicago Public Schools student to be killed as a result of gun violence.

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Should Obama Visit Chicago's Inner City?

Zack Isaacs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Inner City, Memorial Day, Obama Itinerary, Chicago, President Obama, Men, Community Organizing, African Americans, Chicago News
Zack Isaacs

President Obama and the "First Family" are headed home to Chicago on Thursday. It will be the Obama family's first trip home since Valentine's Day Weekend 2009.

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MUSIC UNITES CELEBRATES ITS ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY

Michelle Edgar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Matt White, Sting, Inner City, Rachel Platten, Charity, Mark Ronson, Maino, As Tall as Lions, Music Education, Tamarama, Underfunded-Schools, Rainforest Foundation, Music, New York, Philanthropy, Jaicko, Trudie Styler, Music Unites, Carnegie Hall, Benefit Concert, Harlem, The Postelles, Brooklyn, United Nations, Melanie Fiona, Howie Day, Chester French, Bobby McFerrin, Lang Lang, Blue October, John Forte, Lincoln Center, Patti Smith, Bettye LaVette, Sondre Lerche, Joshua Bell, David Arquette, Peter Bjorn & John, Niia, Entertainment News
Michelle Edgar

It was just one year ago that New York-based charity Music Unites was founded by Michelle Edgar to support music education in underfunded inner city s...

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Remembering Marquise Ortiz With 1,000 Pictures

Brian Center | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Personal Accountability, Los Angeles, Gang Violence, A Better LA, Inner City, Community, Los Angeles News
Brian Center

Killing of a 19 yo college student devastates community: We're capable of doing much more to transform inner-city communities into healthy, safe places to live.

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Death of a Detroit Imam Leaves Many Questions Unanswered

Hamdan Azhar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Inner City, Luqman Ameen Abdullah, Islamaphobia, Poverty, Fbi, Muslims, Muslim, Politics News
Hamdan Azhar

The recent and unfortunate death of Imam Luqman Abdullah at the hands of FBI agents reveals much about the greater issues of race, religion, poverty, authority and justice in our society.

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Black Cowboys Teach Inner City Kids Horsemanship, History

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Inner City, Horses, At-Risk Youth, Queens, Federation of Black Cowboys, African Americans, Mentoring, New York City, Video, Impact News

Kids from rough areas in New York City have found a home away from home on a 25-acre ranch in Queens, CNN reported Tuesday. Since 1994, the Federati...

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Country Star Jo Dee Messina Gives Free Concert To Benefit Neighborhood Charity: UPDATE

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Inner City, Nashville, Jo Dee Messina, Harvest Hands, Charity, Brentwood United Methodist Church, Impact News

UPDATE: Jo Dee Messina has raised $30,000 for Harvest Hands Community Development Corporation from her free live and online concerts, Tonic Reports. S...

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