Saturday Link Love: Forced Marriage, Leaving Church, and “Black-on-Black” Crime

Saturday Link Love is a new feature where I collect and post links to various articles I’ve come upon over the past week. Feel free to share any interesting articles you’ve come along as well! The more the merrier.

Note: Inclusion does not imply full agreement.

Uncovering the Problem of Forced Marriage in the U.S., on PBS NewsHour—“I knew that I wasn’t going to say no. This was God’s will. God had spoken. And it was just not even an option.”

Black Students Don’t Even Get an Equal Education in Diverse Schools, on Bloomberg—“If you go to the schools in our district, you see all kinds of people, and it looks like utopia. And if you’re a white student, it is utopia.”

Dear Church, Here’s Why People Are Really Leaving You, on To Save a Life—“It feels like a big bait-and-switch sucker-deal; advertising a “Come as You Are” party, but letting us know once we’re in the door that we can’t really come as we are.”

The Origins of the Phrase “Black-on-Black” Crime, on City Lab—“He commits crimes against other African Americans because that’s who lives around him—and that’s what police let him get away with.”

What the Presidential Candidates Are Tweeting about Children, on Overturning Tables—“I was curious how much attention remaining presidential candidates are paying to children and children’s issues. So I turned to Twitter.”