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US violent crime is at its lowest in more than a century – but the funding that helped reduce it is disappearing

A historic drop in violent crime, including the murder rate, is at risk after the cancellation of federal funding for programs that helped make the...

06.05.2026 10

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Andrea Hagan

Historically Black colleges and universities do more than offer Black youths a pathway to opportunity and success – I teach criminology, and my research suggests another benefit

HBCUs make up just 3% of the country’s colleges and universities. But their graduates include 40% of Black engineers and 50% of Black lawyers.

10.02.2026 8

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Andrea Hagan