Youth Today
The New York Bureau
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1.6KTrump Administration Could Target Central American Teens
After 18 days on a bus to the Mexican city of Reynosa, five days walking through the desert to Texas and two...
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3.4KGirls Gain Social-Emotional Skills As Queens of Lacrosse
The first time Joseph Albines saw the object that became symbolic of his life was in the 1980s. His older brother brought...
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2.4KNY High School Students Abandon Classes to Protest Trump, Vow ‘We Vote Next’
A cold rain didn't dampen the energy of several hundred New York City high school students who walked out of classes on...
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1.6KFamilies of Inmates: A Photographer’s Focus at Rikers Island
Every day an estimated 1,500 family members and friends of those incarcerated on New York’s Rikers Island visit their loved ones. For...
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2.1KYoung People Protest Trump’s Immigration Order
Carley Moore, author and clinical professor of liberal studies at NYU, is not surprised that young people are taking the lead. “There’s...
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1.8KBookstore’s Closing Leaves Bronx Residents Disrupted and Nostalgic
At the end of the year, Barnes & Noble in the Bronx will close, leaving a borough of more than 1.4 million...
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1.3KGrim Anniversary of Gun Violence Against Children in Sandy Hook, New York City
On a cold, rainy early spring night in 2014, I attended the private meeting of a tragic club nobody wants to join....
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6.6KA Troubled Life of Truancy, Drugs Leads to Foster Care, Early Death
Only a few years apart, Andrew Lavin and Jennifer Cohen grew up together, first in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, and then in Staten...
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1.5KYoung People Protest U.S. Election in Washington, New York, Nationwide
Young people came out in force Wednesday night to protest the election of Donald Trump.
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2.1KEx-Inmates Helping to Transform Prison Into Building for Women and Girls
“They can walk through the building a thousand times, but when they walk through it with somebody that had to live here,...
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1.7KKids and Drugs: A New Theory
Author and reporter Maia Szalavitz, who writes about substance use and related issues recently spoke with Youth Today and JJIE about her...
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1.4KConfusion Over Certificate Program Denies Eligible Parolees the Right to Vote in NY
Diana Ortiz remembers breaking into a huge smile the minute she saw her name on the voting roster. It was Nov. 2,...
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1.7KReporter’s Notebook: A City Expecting the Least From a Broken Criminal Justice System
The rumors were out a few days ago that Officer Caesar Goodson had been acquitted on murder and other charges in the...
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1.6KReporter’s Notebook: Frustrated Baltimore Youth, Residents Look for Solutions
Less than 48 hours after the Caesar Goodman verdict left many in Baltimore longing for justice, the city was dealt another blow...
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2.2KA Whole New Tech World for Foster Care Youth in New York City
Foster youth attending a Tech Summit last weekend walked away with laptops, wifi and introductions to new skills.
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2.8KBig Brothers Big Sisters Seeks More Diverse Volunteers
Four years ago, Lillian Pucha, 28, was balancing schoolwork with raising three children in the Bronx. Her oldest, Brandon, was 7 years...
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4.2KNew York Tries New Ways to Increase Stability for Kids in Foster Care
NEW YORK — The cycle is often triggered by something simple: refusing to do homework, leaving clothes on the floor, typical kid...
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11.7KAfter 5 Decades, Ruby Bridges Gets Applause Instead of Death Threats in School
The hateful words drew gasps from the audience, pulling them back to 1960, hitting them head-on as the burly white U.S. Marshals...
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2.0KRunaway and Cast Off: One LGBT Teen’s Story
Since he was 16, Ivan Cabrera has been spending time at New Alternatives, a drop-in center for 16- to 24-year-olds who identify...
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1.5KBrooklyn Youth Justice in the Hands of Teens
The Red Hook Youth Court trains teens to serve as jurors and judges to handle real-life low-level misdemeanors committed by their peers....
