Paralleling the nation-wide growth of criminal gangs, is the growth of so-called gang prevention groups run by "former" gang members. The most well-known organization of this kind is Homeboy Industries of Los Angeles. Sacrilegious as it may seem to some readers, this venerated group of gangsters and its iconic leader,...

The problems experienced by a majority of young Black males in America are not connected with the use of the "n-word", but with a lack of use of the "p-word"...parenting. Blaming the dire statistics on any other cause will not only fail to resolve this issue, but will make it...

My fellow European-Americans:

How long are we willing to tolerate a racially fractured America? How long are we willing to ignore this festering sore of unhealed Black/White relations that is at the root of every Black social problem in America, including: exorbitant incarceration rates, disproportionate incidences of school...

Every major American city, particularly Los Angeles, is permeated by tens of thousands of terrorists and organized "cells", that are just awaiting the right chain of events to go into action. These are not potential killers, but actual ones. They are not immigrant radical Muslims, but native born criminal gang...

After a quarter century of teaching mostly hard-core kids in hard-core schools, I thought I'd heard it all. The mother of a former student recently proved me wrong. "Things are better with Richard these days," she said, referring to her abusive teenage son. When I asked her how she'd accomplished...

Americans rightfully worry about the war in Iraq. We should worry a lot more about the conflict we're losing on our own soil that's getting worse by the minute, is taking far more lives, and has the potential to destroy our nation. I'm referring to the battle for the...