Brooklyn Students, NYPD Work Together on Their Neighborhoods
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Dana Rachlin and other activists around juvenile justice have been waiting a long time for the city to limit police involvement in the schools.
Brooklyn Students Use ‘Theatre of the Oppressed’ to Explore Solutions to Gun Violence
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It’s early evening on a warm Tuesday in March, and a handful of teenagers are commanding rapt attention in a corner of a Chelsea art gallery. They’ve just performed a short theater piece of their own devising, an exploration of gun violence and the twisting, ricocheting trajectory that one bullet can follow through a community.
This Pro-justice Reform Candidate in Brooklyn, NY, Started Activism at Age 12
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It was a school night and well past Joshua Vega’s bedtime when most of the world learned that Donald Trump had won the 2016 election and would become the 45th...
Parents of the Young Killed by Police Support Each Other, Keep on Showing Up
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The parents who gathered on the steps of Brooklyn Borough Hall on a recent balmy Sunday morning came from different boroughs and ranged in age but all had one thing in common — all of them had buried a child who had been killed by the police.
New York City Mother Still Hopes for Justice on Son’s Sixth ‘Murder-versary’
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Six years after Jamal Singleton was shot in the back, mother Monica Cassaberry says she is ready to make a new push for detectives to solve his murder.
New Yorkers Who March for Justice Reform: ‘We Have a Long Road Ahead of Us’
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The civil rights marchers had gone about a mile and change into Wappinger Falls, a quaint village in Dutchess County, New York, when it was time for a bathroom break.
‘Crown Heights’: Cautionary True Tale of Youth’s Unjust Sentence, Exonerated By Stubborn Friend
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“You never know how sacred your freedom is until it’s jeopardized.”
That’s the driving sentiment behind “Crown Heights,” a new film that tells a tale of friendship and perseverance in the face of a miscarriage of justice.
A Different Approach to Crime in a New York Neighborhood Is Working, Report Says
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For young residents of Red Hook, N.Y. the chance to keep their record clean, or clear it, can make a world of difference in their future.