NEW YORK, May 5 (UPI) -- In the wake of racial tensions in cities that include Baltimore and Ferguson, Mo., President Barack Obama launched a new initiative aimed at helping boys and young men of color.
The corporate-sponsored non-profit My Brother's Keeper Alliance is aimed at addressing problems that gave rise to violence across the nation in the recent months. Obama said the group is meant to outlast his presidency to advance the needs of racial and social justice in the years to come.