In Illinois, losing a baby before its first birthday happens far more often to black mothers than those of other races. The difference between whites and blacks is nearly three-fold.

Indiana has one of the nation’s worst rates of mothers dying while pregnant or within a year after giving  birth. About 41 women in Indiana die per every 100,000 live births, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The rate is even worse for black women. 

Urbana District 116 Superintendent Don Owen will be leaving his job, according to a press release from the school district’s Board of Education.
 

A new study from the University of Illinois finds that student loan debt disproportionately affects the financial well-being of black and Hispanic borrowers later in life.

A series of state laws meant to reduce the number of kids getting kicked out of school appears to have worked. That’s the good news. But the bad news is: Those same laws also seem to have magnified racial disparities in school discipline.