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Placing Food Justice Before Criminal Justice
On the corner of Vermont and Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. in South Los Angeles, you will find a McDonald’s, a Carl’s Jr., two take-out pizza chains, two Chinese food…
California Department of Ed Taps Foster Care Education Vet After Failing to Comply with Federal Law
In the wake of revelations that California’s Department of Education failed to comply with federal education law affecting foster youth, it has hired a new leader for its Foster Youth…
L.A. Supes Look to Provide At-Risk Youth with Transit-Related Career Opportunities
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will discuss expanding educational and career resources for youth within the county’s juvenile justice and child welfare systems. A motion, which…
L.A. County Foster Youth Celebrate Academic Excellence
Growing up with a homophobic father, Edgar Quintero had a difficult time building the confidence to own her transgender identity. At home, she was forced to suppress her true self….
Immigration a Factor in California’s Huge Youth Crime Decline?
The criminal justice system is rapidly disappearing from the lives of California’s young people. In 1995, 255,000 of California’s 3.7 million teenage youths were arrested, and more than 20,000 were…
Learning to Ask the Right Questions of Girls Locked Up in Juvenile Detention
About 20 years ago, Leslie Acoca was sitting in a California courtroom, waiting to testify as an expert witness in court. What she saw changed the course of her life. That…
To Grant Sister a Pathway to Citizenship, Judith Defies Fear of ICE
About two and a half years ago, 29-year-old Judith* got a phone call from Maria,* her 9-year-old half-sister in México, to inform her that their mom had just died. Maria’s…
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