The boys look hard and stone-faced.
Their eyes bully most people.
But not me.
Their frightening form fades the more one gets to know them.
They aren't any…
A special invitation was sent to emerging leaders in the faith community.
"City government recognizes and appreciates your efforts towards youth violence…
Kramer was being held at the Department of Youth Services (DYS) juvenile detention center for possession of a firearm and intent to distribute narcotics. I…
I sat at the wooden table in an interrogation room at the county jail.
Beats was on his way down to meet me.
I rehearsed what I was going to say.
"Beats, my…
We sit at a social distance when trying to understand gangs and violence.
Dex loiters, slouching in the Boston cold outside a corner store.
His head hides…