1940s Series of Paintings Sheds Light on New Era of Unrest
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There is a fierce urgency to the work, something exhibit organizers said they saw firsthand in the tours they gave to city youths.
Pilot Program Gives Youth in Brownsville a Second Chance
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Sixteen and 17-year-old first-time offenders with low-level offenses are heard by a court of their peers as part of a new pilot program called Project Reset taking flight in Brownsville, Brooklyn.
New Jersey Laws Could Pave Way for More Reforms
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Which side of the Hudson River you’re on means a “huge difference” for juvenile justice.
21 Years Later, Father Still Grieves Son’s Shooting by NY Police
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NEW YORK — It was supposed to be just fun and games on that dreary, rainy September day 21 years ago. But child’s play in that stairwell quickly turned deadly when a shot was fired, with 13-year-old Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr. the bullet’s target.
Windows from Prison Provides Visions of Home
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NEW YORK — This isn’t your typical prison photography. But it isn’t supposed to be.
As part of his Windows from Prison workshop, Mark Strandquist asks incarcerated individuals a simple question: “If you could have a window in your cell, what place from your past would it look out to?”
Scrappers for Life, Brothers Flout the Recycling Law
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NEW YORK — Hunting curbside metal trash at dawn, brothers Luqman and Aje Stroud creep down the streets of eastern Brooklyn in a banged-up white van they call the White Ghost. Now in their mid-20s, they have been at this since they were in grade school.
It could be a family business if the city didn’t say it was against the law.
Runaway and Cast Off: One LGBT Teen’s Story
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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 as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender — and homeless. He goes there almost every Sunday for a free meal, HIV testing and a talk with other clients and caseworkers.
Cabrera calls the people there his family.
Biggest Obstacles To HIV Treatment Aren’t Medical, Doctor Says
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“About 50 percent of the patients we get are Latino males,” said Belzer. “Then another 35 to 40 percent are African-American [males]. In Los Angeles, they combine to make about 20 or 25 percent of the total population, so the disparity is very clear.”
NY Families of Youngsters Killed by Police Want Political Reform
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Family members of youngsters killed by New York City police are imploring the governor to enact a law that would create a special prosecutor to investigate such killings.
New York activists have argued for decades that the New York Police Department and the prosecutors’ offices in the five boroughs work together too closely to have them be honest arbiters in investigating police abuse.
JJIE’s Daryl Khan Talks Increased NY Gun Violence with WNYC’s Brian Lehrer
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He will discuss the uptick in gun violence in New York City this year and such factors as the New York Police Department's scaled back stop-and-frisk policy and gangs.