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“Short Term 12” is a new film that tells the story of the residents and staff of a group home for teenagers who, because of behavior problems that often stem from trauma, abuse or neglect in their home lives, can’t live with their families.
Alyssa Rodriguez, a male-to-female transgender teen, sued New York’s Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) in 2006 over her treatment while in their custody.
In a bid to decongest the nation’s overpopulated prisons, the Obama administration has proposed leniency for certain drug cases.
What started as a “Kickstarter-type” project quickly developed into New York City’s first ever film festival based solely on the topic of fatherhood.
The streets are about to become safer for black and Latino teens who have been increasingly subjected to routine stop and frisks by the NYPD.
“As the so-called ‘war on drugs’ enters its fifth decade, we need to ask whether it, and the approaches that comprise it, have been truly effective,” Holder stated.
Before June 2010, when Robert Stolarik visited the Brownsville Houses for an assignment to cover what was being touted as a new anti-crime policy implemented by the NYPD, he had never heard of Stop and Frisk.
The Fatherhood Image Film Festival explores the complexities of being a father and positive male role model.
The Trayvon Martin Invitational became a symbol of solidarity for a community battered by the killings of two unarmed, young black men.
Without legal representation, young people “have no one to turn to whom they trust.”