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Shouldn't there be a law that adds an automatic and very significant enhancement to the sentence of any adult who participates in a crime that involves a youth as a co-conspirator?
A major issue is the decline of young people attending church, coupled with a rise in gang recruitment. There is a lot that churches can learn from how gangs recruit and maintain a strong presence in the community.
According to the latest research, unsupervised hanging out is nothing but trouble. But trouble is, what trouble? Or, compared to what? New research i...
When "A Better LA" took on the challenge of keeping kids safe in some of the toughest neighborhoods in Los Angeles, we looked for guys like Gary.
Homeboy Industries needs $5 million dollars to get through the next six months. Father Boyle says due to the bad economy, grants and donations dwindled, so they need the money to bridge the gap.
Gang Membership Up More than 42,000 Nationwide Since 2002. Will Struggling Economy Threaten Nation's Youth this Summer? Teens Converge on Nation's Ca...
The HeArt Project is designed specifically for kids who have struggled in traditional educational environments and are at risk of dropping out of high school.
One thing you can say about the bad guys is that they're no slouches when it comes to adopting the latest and greatest in technology. Phishers and hac...
You would think that a guy who has transformed tens of thousands of lives over 23 years in the lousiest part of LA could find $5 million somewhere to keep going.
I am proud to say that the buyback exceeded our expectations with 800 more guns collected this year than the previous year's effort.
In 1988, Gregory Boyle opened a school; four years later, he launched Homeboy Industries. Gang members looking for a way out of the cycle of violence and death showed up.
It became easy to see how these common responses to trauma play out in the lives of many survivors of inner-city violence, and why, in many cases, they lead to more violence.
Killing of a 19 yo college student devastates community: We're capable of doing much more to transform inner-city communities into healthy, safe places to live.
On January 31, an armed commando unit pulled up to a house in a working-class neighborhood in Ciudad Juarez on the Mexican side of the border with the...
With NBA commissioner David Stern suspending Gilbert Arenas, the media has forgotten that this party got started thanks to Twitter.
Here's a music video I did last year with students that I used to teach. Many of the students I taught were involved in gangs. When I saw Derrion A...
