Study: black youth politically involved, critical of rap and skeptical of...
Many of the assumptions people have about black youth-that they are politically detached and negatively influenced by rap music and videos-are false stereotypes, according to a new University of...
View ArticleSurvey finds youth use new media for peer-based participatory politics
The MacArthur Research Network on Youth and Participatory Politics (YPP), under the direction of co-principal investigators University of Chicago political scientist Cathy Cohen, and Joseph Kahne,...
View ArticleNew photo ID laws in battleground states could affect voter turnout among...
Election turnout among young people of color, including African Americans, Latinos and Native Americans, may drop by nearly 700,000 voters in states with new photo ID laws, a decline potentially...
View ArticleDigital engagement reshapes politics
Cathy Cohen’s research on black youth finds an easing of the “digital divide.”
View ArticleYoung people support LGBT rights but disagree on priorities
A new national survey finds that while young people express strong support for marriage equality, they also believe the push for same-sex marriage has diverted too much attention from other important...
View ArticleYoung people of color mistrust police and legal system, report finds
Black youth are far more likely than other young people to have negative experiences with the police, and believe overwhelmingly that the American legal system does not treat all groups equally,...
View ArticleNew Study Addresses Perceptions of Police
Article cites Black Youth Project report, which finds young people of color often mistrust police, legal system
View ArticleStudy: Millennials Less Trusting Than Gen X Was
Article cites UChicago’s Black Youth Project survey, which finds black youth less likely than whites, Hispanics to believe in equal opportunities
View ArticleHalf of black millennials know victim of police violence
Prof. Cathy Cohen says new Black Youth Project report reveals ‘complexity’ of attitudes toward policing and gun violence
View ArticleMost black millennials say they know or have been victims of police abuse,...
Prof. Cathy Cohen says Black Youth Project report on attitudes toward policing and gun violence belie the ‘myth that millennials are a coherent, cohesive group’
View ArticleBlack Youth Project launches unique survey of young voters
A new survey launched by the Black Youth Project at the University of Chicago uncovers the differences among young voters, who currently make up the largest and most diverse generation in the United...
View ArticleU. of C.'s Black Youth Project poll: Majority of young whites think Clinton...
Black Youth Project survey examines youth attitudes toward presidential candidates
View ArticleFinding fault lines in the next generation
For more than two years, the innovative GenForward survey has polled thousands of young people across the United States—particularly those of color—about their views on everything from education to...
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