The poverty rate in America hovers at just above 12 percent, but for African Americans the figure is closer to 25 percent. Large percentages of black students drop out of high school. And by the time they reach their mid-30s, 60 percent of black men who had dropped out have spent time in prison. -
White House Aide Channels a Democrat on Fixing Nation's Social Ills
The poverty rate in America hovers at just above 12 percent, but for African Americans the figure is closer to 25 percent. Large percentages of black students drop out of high school. And by the time they reach their mid-30s, 60 percent of black men who had dropped out have spent time in prison.-
By Michael A. Fletcher