Youth Promise Act

Mayor Villaraigosa's Failure to Endorse the Youth PROMISE Act is Puzzling and Disappointing

Jacqueline Caster | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics


Jacqueline Caster

This bill continues to promote and devote the vast majority of its resources to expensive failed policies that may exacerbate the gang problem and crime while disproportionately affecting youth of color.

Young People Fight to Push Urban Violence to the Top of Obama's Agenda

Heather Box | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics


Heather Box

Young people represent 62.5 percent of all murder victims. And for young people of color, the statistics tell an even grimmer story.