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J. Brian Charles

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J. Brian Charles, is a journalist who writes about urban affairs, education, criminal justice, race and inequality. His work has appeared in The Trace, Vox, Governing, Playboy, Wired and the Baltimore Beat. 

More than 40 city leaders have joined a new exchange to share disaster relief expertise with their local counterparts on the island.
Emails, voicemails, texts, Facebook and Twitter have made it easier for residents to reach out to governments -- and harder for governments to respond.
Atlanta, Chicago and Minneapolis have won funding to better identify and help victims.
New studies suggest that school vouchers have minimal impact on college enrollment and even less of an effect on college graduation rates.
Barely one in 10 students scored proficient on recent state reading exams.
Republicans eliminated some of the tax benefits for owning a home. But experts aren't sure how much that will matter.
The Roca program has helped keep hundreds of youths out of jail in Massachusetts. Now officials want to transplant that success to one of the toughest crime cities in the nation.
Everyone agrees the state's education system isn't working. But no one can agree on how to fix it.
Homicide rates are at an all-time high in the city, and its police department has been mired in turmoil. The state is stepping in.
The number of children packed into overcrowded homes remains high and comes at a tremendous social cost.