As a society, we are facing a crucial decision: We can continue to criminalize our children and groom them for adult prisons. Or, we can invest in programs that help rather than harm them.
Tom Hayden | Posted 02.09.2009 | Style
Robert Graham's fear has come true; LA leads California, California leads America, and America leads the world, in the population of the incarcerated, most of them young men of color.
Carol Chodroff | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics
The Youth PROMISE Act Rejects "one size fits all" approaches that will funnel more youth -- particularly poor youth and youth of color -- into the juvenile and criminal justice systems.
J. Richard Cohen | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics