youth

East Bay Express: A people-focused solution

Jean Tepperman — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:25:00 +0000

Students at Montera Middle School in Oakland said the school's eighth-grade class was full of "drama" earlier this year. There had been a fight between two girls, and the conflict had broadened to the girls' friends.

Today on Your Call: What is the value of youth mentoring programs?

Ali Budner — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 08:11:01 +0000

Making sense of California youth sentences

Sayre Quevedo — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 23:43:15 +0000

For juveniles in California being sentenced for crimes, things just got a little more complicated. Proposition 21 requires mandatory minimums for juveniles that often translate into long sentences. In California alone, there are hundreds of inmates serving juvenile sentences totaling between 50 and 200 years. Advocates argue that these sentences are the equivalent of life without parole. This summer, the State Supreme Court agreed and ruled that unusually long sentences for juveniles unconstitutional.

Today on Your Call: What are the realities for youth in urban America?

Ali Budner — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 07:00:00 +0000

Young and determined: how a group of young men is reinventing Marin City

Irene Florez — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 23:00:13 +0000

Lorenzo Bynum has the “baller" build you might see on the cover of GQ, without the swagger. He’s clean-cut, 5’10”, wears two small earrings and has a muscular frame. It’s a Wednesday afternoon in Marin City, and the 23-year-old is digging frantically through a 10’ by 10’ closet. He’s hunting for a parachute large enough for a game with 15 third graders.