Jordan, a teenaged foster youth, has lost count of all the places she’s lived in the state, including the streets of New...
It's November 2019, and the hysteria from the emergency meeting in 2013 is still palpable for Yasmin Haque. After then-New Mexico Gov....
Annie Rasquin believes in difficult conversations with her staff and volunteers, especially when the complex needs of a foster youth require immediate...
People in southeast New Mexico find it hard to live with the oil boom, but folks across the state can’t live without...
The Center for Sustainable Journalism is covering how communities target gun violence through 2020. This video summarizes some of our coverage from...
As a doctor in an emergency department that only sees children, I have the unfortunate experience of witnessing the impact of violence...
Taylonn Murphy’s phone chimed steadily as he addressed reporters gathered in a boardroom Thursday. His friends were concerned. The previous night, Tessa...
According to the Violence Policy Center’s 2019 report When Men Murder Women, 92% of homicides committed against women were perpetrated by men...
Inevitable. That’s how winding up in prison felt for a group of former foster youth — now adults who are imprisoned at...
In the midst of the ongoing pain and heartbreak of America’s gun violence epidemic, there are some incredible success stories from around...
In the city of Stockton, Calif., gun violence was already notably on the rise in 2011 because of a series of compounding...
When we began our journey to rebuild broken urban communities in our city, Jacksonville, Fla., 20 years ago, little did we know...
Jerel’s story is one of many tales of hate, anger, pain and violence that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer youth face...
California has comprehensively strengthened its gun safety laws over the past 25 years and is now generally considered to have the strongest...
Nearly two-thirds of all gun deaths in this country are self-inflicted, according to an average from 2013 to 2017. In other words,...
Nine percent of foster youth who are in middle school in New York City are proficient in math compared to approximately 40%...
Formed in 2013 and established as a 501(c)3 nonprofit in 2014, the Florida Restorative Justice Association (FRJA) is the only entity in...
When we hear the words restorative justice, there is often a connection with the criminal justice system. But what if we brought...
While serving as a juvenile diversion officer, I had the opportunity to see how we use community service in the juvenile justice...
Shooting deaths of children is a serious problem that needs to be addressed in this country, as does the problem of such...