As you may or may not know, the progress in teen pregnancy prevention in this country has been embarrassingly uneven. While about one-third of all teen girls will become pregnant before age 20, this figure jumps significantly for minority girls--51% of African-American girls and 53% of Latinas will have at least one pregnancy during their teen years. Rates for Native American teen births are also disproportionately high.

You read it right--some minority youth are more likely than not to become pregnant during their teen years. We thought this was important enough to hold a Congressional briefing on the topic a couple of weeks ago.

These stats made our friends' jaws drop over at the The Progressive Policy Institute--rightly so. And while they clearly have shown their hand as far as their preference for the Prez (not surprisingly, considering their affiliation with the Democratic Leadership Committee), this is an issue that all Americans have to care about, regardless of where your fall on the red-purple-blue spectrum.

My colleagues and I won't engage in political debates, but the policy question is quite valid: How will our elected leaders address the staggering disparities among minority youth, and what's the best way to make progress on teen pregnancy prevention in communities of color? Discuss.