By Travis Waldron, ThinkProgress More than 40 years after the passage of Title IX mandated equal gender access to scholastic sports, minority girls still face a striking disparity in their available athletic opportunities across the country, a new study of high school sports in 13 states found. … [Read more...] about If You Are A Girl And Would Like To Play Sports, It Helps To Be White (ThinkProgress)
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Minority Girls in Louisiana aren’t Getting Equal Chances to Play High School Sports, Report Says (The Times Picayune)
By Julie Boudwin, Times-Picayune Minority girls aren't getting the same opportunity to play sports in high school, according to a new report by the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) and the Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC). In Louisiana, 48 percent of heavily minority high schools have large female opportunity gaps compared to 27 percent of heavily white … [Read more...] about Minority Girls in Louisiana aren’t Getting Equal Chances to Play High School Sports, Report Says (The Times Picayune)
EHOC Conference Addresses Modern Segregation, Why the Section 8 Program Isn’t Working (St. Louis American)
By Rebecca Rivas, St. Louis American One of the original goals of the Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) program was to racially integrate the country – but instead it’s become a driver of segregation, said Philip Tegeler, president and executive director of the Poverty and Race Research Action Council. … [Read more...] about EHOC Conference Addresses Modern Segregation, Why the Section 8 Program Isn’t Working (St. Louis American)
Fair Housing Conference Focuses on School Segregation, Occupancy Permits (St. Louis Public Radio)
By Camille Phillips, St. Louis Public Radio Almost 45 percent of St. Louis-area children living in Section 8 housing go to schools ranked in the bottom 10th percentile of the state. That’s almost 20 percent worse than the national average, according to a report compiled by the Poverty & Race Research Action Council. … [Read more...] about Fair Housing Conference Focuses on School Segregation, Occupancy Permits (St. Louis Public Radio)
Federal Judge Declines to Block City ‘Source of Income’ Ordinance (Austin Statesman)
By Andra Lim, Austin Statesman That’s how U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks once described a city of Austin ordinance that prohibits landlords from rejecting low-income applicants who plan on paying part of their rent with a Section 8 federal housing voucher if they meet all the qualifications for tenancy. But more than a month later, Sparks decided not to grant an … [Read more...] about Federal Judge Declines to Block City ‘Source of Income’ Ordinance (Austin Statesman)
