Why African-American Doctors Are Choosing to Study Medicine in Cuba | The New Yorker

Anakwa Dwamena writes that E.L.A.M., a medical school on the outskirts of Havana, is enticing prospective American medical students—predominantly black and Latino—to pursue medicine without incurring catastrophic debt.

Source: Why African-American Doctors Are Choosing to Study Medicine in Cuba | The New Yorker

Incarceration vs. education: America spends more on its prison system than it does on public schools | Daily Mail Online

The U.S. spends more on prisons and jails than it does on educating children – and 15 states spend at least $27,000 more per prisoner than they do per student, according to a new report.

Americans account for 4.4 percent of the global population, but 22 percent of the world’s prison population

Source: Incarceration vs. education: America spends more on its prison system than it does on public schools | Daily Mail Online

Dreadlocks, white T-shirt led to innocent KC teen’s arrest | The Kansas City Star

The message to young black men in Kansas City is clear: Don’t sport dreadlocks and a white T-shirt, or you could be arrested for a crime you didn’t commit.

At least that’s what U.S. District Judge Greg Kays and some officers in the Kansas City Police Department conveyed in an unsettling case of mistaken identity.

 

Source: Dreadlocks, white T-shirt led to innocent KC teen’s arrest | The Kansas City Star

Delaware State U. working with African Union to connect African Americans to Africa | State And Region | phillytrib.com

Delaware State University has partnered with the African Peer Review Mechanism to help bridge the gap between Africa and its “Sixth Region” — people of African heritage who live outside

Source: Delaware State U. working with African Union to connect African Americans to Africa | State And Region | phillytrib.com