News tagged with black males

Not enough vitamin D in the diet could mean too much fat on adolescents

Too little vitamin D could be bad for more than your bones; it may also lead to fatter adolescents, researchers say.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Big racial gap in suspensions of middle school students, study shows

A new study by education researchers Daniel J. Losen (Civil Rights Project at UCLA) and Russell Skiba (Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University) says Middle schools across the country are suspending ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 15, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Many lower-skilled men find employment precarious

(PhysOrg.com) -- The U.S. unemployment rate of about 8 percent masks a far greater problem: the precarious situation of working-age men with modest education and few job skills, new analysis from the La Follette School of ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Black men need special attention from social workers to deal with their needs

(PhysOrg.com) -- Among disadvantaged people in the United States, the most needy and least helped are probably African American men, according to a new book from the University of Chicago’s School of Social ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 27, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 4