at-risk youth
Opinion: Dr. Stacey Patton makes the argument that the closure of Job Corps is "part of a larger strategy to erase poor, working-class youth from the fabric of America's future."
The Trump Administration's abrupt closure of Job Corps, a skills program for at-risk youth, leaves communities scrambling to find housing, resources for affected teens. Â
Actor Michael K. Williams and the nonprofit NYC Together are helping at-risk youth secure summer jobs.
Harlem native Shabaya Clark is using his nonprofit Drama Free! to empower at-risk youth through the arts.
A youth football team from Atlanta received a $23,000 anonymous donation to fund their trip to a national championship game in Miami.
Gun violence in the city of Chicago reached a 21-year high in the month of May.
Manifest Your Destiny launches a year-long focus on at-risk Black boys. The mentoring program is marking the 10th anniversary of founder Hill Harper's bestseller, Letters to a Young Brother.
Judge Verda Colvin of Bibb County, Georgia brought a room full of at-risk teenagers to tears after telling them, "Stop acting like you're trash."