Nick Chiles

This year’s “State of Black America” report took the unusual step of warning that the organization now has a new priority: protecting areas of progress from retrenchment during the next few years.

To figure out the best ways to help young black and Latino men heal, a nonprofit will train young men in New York City to conduct interviews with other young men of color.

Roughly half of HBCUs have a freshman class where three-quarters of the students are from low-income backgrounds, while just one percent of non-HBCUs serve as high a percentage of low-income students.