The city’s first youth restorative justice cohort completed nearly a year of training designed to help young people address conflict, violence and harm in their communities.

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Justice systems exist to respond to rule violations, yet violence does far more than break rules. It disrupts meaning, fractures identity, and weakens the sense of safety that allows individuals and ...

Editor's note: A year ago, after the murder of George Floyd, the U.S. exploded with protests bringing attention to the scourge of police violence against African Americans. Initial calls to "defund ...

Teens deserve an environment where they feel welcome and respected. Library staff members who work with teens believe this and want to help them succeed—in having their service needs met and in life.

Maisha T. Winn is the daughter of African American studies scholar James Fisher, who taught at UC Davis from 1969 to 1974. With a father working at a university, she fondly remembers trips she and her ...

The USJ students presented social justice capstone projects after completing the Connecticut Sun's 'Change Can't Wait ...

In a shuttered Catholic school with bells tolling in the background, Cook County Judge Beatriz Santiago leaned over her desk and asked the defendant how his GED practice tests were going. “Sometimes I ...

A teenager's life is on the line — but he is nowhere to be found. People have gathered inside a D.C. government building on a rainy holiday morning to help decide what happens to the young man, but he ...