Everybody Into the … Um, Never Mind
Miller-McCune decides to wade into some recent studies regarding the summer season's most popular yet problematic recreational facilities: swimming pools.
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African Americans
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Racism’s Hidden Toll
Does the stress of living in a white-dominated society make African Americans get sick and die younger than their white counterparts? Apparently, yes.
Battling AIDS In Its Worst-Hit Demographic
With African Americans disproportionately affected by HIV, we asked Donna Hubbard McCree to describe the culturally centered work being done to stem the infection. A Miller-McCune.com interview.
The Anxiety of Test Taking
The Institute for Research on Education Policy and Practice at Stanford University just released a study on the effects of the California High School Exit Exam on graduation rates. About half of 50 U.S. states require students to take a similar test at the end of high school in order to graduate.
Race Ball: Our National Pastime?
We look at studies analyzing Major League Baseball's race relations, economics and pop-ups.
Under the Glass Ceiling? Throw Stones!
As Black History Month segues into Women's History Month, it's a fit time to review the challenges still facing African-American women climbing the corporate ladder in the Age of Obama.
Mother’s Travails May Appear in Offspring’s DNA
Puzzled over health complications more persistent among African Americans than in other Americans, researchers invoke epigenetics.
Make Real Racial Progress
Miller-McCune's experts offer solutions to problems that were under-discussed during the presidential campaign.
Pushback on Obesity: An African-American View
A study from Shaw University reveals the attitudes of young African-American women toward food, body image and physical activity and the factors that influence their related decisions.
You Can’t Keep That Simian Stereotype Down
A Georgia bar owner is marketing a T-shirt featuring the children’s book character Curious George above the logo…