New York-based community groups have taken up a national campaign to fight Arizona’s controversial anti-illegal immigration law by targeting a local foundation supporting environmental causes.
Hip-hop music has a powerful effect on New York’s youth–and an almost entirely negative one, say three young writers, who think that impact could, and should, change.
In this op-ed, an advocate says a multibillion-dollar federal initiative is needed to bring disconnected youth back into the mainstream—not just for their sake, but for ours, too.
Two city agencies are working to reform the city’s juvenile justice system, partly by putting more troubled kids into community-based programs and counseling.
Service providers like that the city is moving away from group homes and institutional foster care. But they wonder if the money and policies are in place to make the…
State budget cuts have dug deep into an important avenue for getting kids into the job market, the summer youth employment program. Hear from some of teens who might miss…
