The New York City Department of Corrections will discipline 17 officers for their conduct surrounding the death of 27-year-old Layleen Polanco, a...
The biggest promise of police reform came in Mayor Ben Walsh’s first executive order after 18 months in office. It happened on...
The Jefferson Parish District Attorney’s Office in Louisiana plans to continue its criminal case against the 14-year-old shot in the back as...
Few people downtown would look Steve Williams in the eye. Not the police officers stationed at each end of Courthouse Park. Not...
After weeks of emotionally charged youth-led protests calling for sweeping reforms to root racism out of the criminal justice system in the...
It is a question that has been posed to every level of law enforcement in Louisiana. From the city of Westwego, where...
NEW YORK — After weeks of protest across New York, state and local elected officials are still scrambling to develop plans to...
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Pressure is mounting on city lawmakers to change how the Syracuse Police Department operates: The state passed two sets...
After multiple reports of police using excessive force against anti-police brutality protestors in New York and charges filed against only one NYPD...
John DeGarmo is the founder and director of the Foster Care Institute. He and his wife Kelly have been foster parents for...
Frejoel Munoz couldn’t stop smiling as he read the email. “It was such a great moment to know that I got into...
First, it was just a headache. A migraine burrowing into his forehead, one that heated and cooled his body, made the room...
First he lost his job as a shift manager at McDonald’s. Then the movie theater, the bowling alley, all the places he...
His mother Susie Wong-Benjamin encourages him to take bites and chew because he prefers softer foods like spaghetti and mashed potatoes.
How do you check on a child who lives in a home flagged as abusive during a global pandemic? How do you...
As a global pandemic looms over New York City, one group in particular might be getting left behind, homeless youth — a...
On one Thursday in March, James Dobbins was towering over a group of teen boys as they all headed to a community...
Taylonn Murphy’s phone chimed steadily as he addressed reporters gathered in a boardroom Thursday. His friends were concerned. The previous night, Tessa...
Nine percent of foster youth who are in middle school in New York City are proficient in math compared to approximately 40%...
They had it all planned out. Christina Young and her roommate would share an Uber together and make sure they got to...