Youth Today
From the Bureaus
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1.9KMeet ‘Firefighter’ in Middle of New York Hospital’s War Against Gun Violence
On one Thursday in March, James Dobbins was towering over a group of teen boys as they all headed to a community...
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6.2KNew York Activists, Academics Urge End to Gang Database
Taylonn Murphy’s phone chimed steadily as he addressed reporters gathered in a boardroom Thursday. His friends were concerned. The previous night, Tessa...
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4.6KTo Help Foster Youth With Education, More Data, Analysis Needed, Experts Say
Nine percent of foster youth who are in middle school in New York City are proficient in math compared to approximately 40%...
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6.4KFor Youth In Foster Care in New York City, Anxieties Over College, Aging Out Remain
They had it all planned out. Christina Young and her roommate would share an Uber together and make sure they got to...
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2.5KHomeless and Queer New Yorkers: Through the Lens
The New York City bureau for the Center for Sustainable Journalism has extensively reported on queer homeless youth.
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2.5KTrans Woman Who Died at Rikers Created Chain Reaction of Kindness, Friends Say
The first time Christina Vengerovsky met Layleen Cubilette-Polanco was on Christopher Street in the summer of 2010. Her friends had been talking...
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3.1KTeens Learn Life Skills Training Therapy Dogs
New York City teenagers who have been in trouble with the law are receiving help from some unlikely allies this summer —...
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5.4KAbusive Childhood, Then Foster Care Led to Homelessness
Matthew “Fire” Mishefski was days away from completing his makeshift encampment. After years of homelessness, the 24-year-old knew what he needed to...
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3.4KA New York Trans Woman’s Journey: Trauma and Homelessness, Sex Work to Survive
Ael Ericha Loetterle’s experience with homelessness is the second of three stories on queer homeless youth as reported by the JJIE’s New...
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2.4KHomeless and Queer: A Vampire in Brooklyn
Faith Alastair’s experience with homelessness is the first of three stories on LGBTQ homeless youth as reported by the JJIE’s New York...
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2.7KBrooklyn Students, NYPD Work Together on Their Neighborhoods
Dana Rachlin and other activists around juvenile justice have been waiting a long time for the city to limit police involvement in...
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3.7KGroup Seeks to End ICE Collaborations With Local Law Enforcement
Sitting cross-legged on the pavement, his right arm locked into a bright blue painted tire weighed down by cement and blocking the...
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2.3KNew York Theater Stages ‘Antigone in Ferguson’
The Greek play “Antigone” tells the story of a defiant woman sentenced to death by a king who refuses to practice mercy....
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1.8KNew York City Bill That Would Tweak Gang Database Gets Heated Hearing
In the early morning hours of April 27, 2016, Kraig Lewis was up late studying for his statistics final. A graduate student...
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7.6KThe Bully in the Bunk Bed, When Aggression Goes Beyond Sibling Rivalry
All cars used to come equipped with cigarette lighters. Those lighters got really hot. Jon found that out the hard way when...
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10.2KNew York Child Welfare Advocates Want Parents to Have Representation When Their Children Removed
Angeline Montauban had no idea what was going on the day in 2013 that workers from the city Administration for Children’s Services...
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2.4KAdvocates Hope NY Court Ruling on Warrants for Foster Youth Leads to Reform
Christina Young remembers the day the cops came for her at school. She was fifteen years old — a sophomore at Murry...
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2.4KAfter-school Experts Encourage Program Directors to Help Teens Turn Passion Into Action
Students around the world walked out of school Friday to raise awareness for climate change. This type of collective youth action is...
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10.6KThe Problem of Youth Homelessness Is Not the Fault of the Youth, Experts Say
The fight against youth homelessness drags on and on. It is not that the fighters are no match for a seemingly intractable...
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3.5KTrauma Runs Through Gun Violence Among Black Youth, Researcher Says
Of all the threads of injustice, trauma is the common theme that contributes to a culture of gun violence for black youth...
