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Obama program for minority men at risk of losing funds

My Brother's Keeper, intended to help young men of color, is under scrutiny and may lose funding under the Trump administration.

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President Barack Obama attended a fundraiser at the Austin Music Hall on Friday, March 11, 2016.
Credit: Bob Daemmrich for The Texas Tribune / Pool

My Brother’s Keeper, a White House initiative enacted by former President Barack Obama, is under scrutiny and may lose funding under the new Trump administration. Launched in early 2014, the program recruits participants to mentor young men of color. (The Hechinger Report)

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