The state took children from their parents — then failed to give them a ‘real’ education
Foster youth in Michigan say the classes they took in state-funded facilities didn’t count toward graduation. Some dropped out. “I felt destroyed,” one said, “like everything I did was for nothing.” Read more…
‘No light. No nothing.’ Inside Louisiana’s harshest juvenile lockup
Teens at the Acadiana Center for Youth at St. Martinville were held in solitary confinement around the clock, shackled with leg irons and deprived of an education. Read more…
The ‘fake landlord’ scam destroys lives in Detroit. But culprits rarely face consequences.
As many as 1 in 10 tenants facing eviction in Detroit say they’ve been duped by con artists who’ve sold or rented out houses they didn’t own.
Built to keep Black from white
Eighty years after a segregation wall rose in Detroit, America remains divided. That’s not an accident. Read more…
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