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Boxing Programs In Fight For Their Lives

By Isabella Moschen
Despite their traditional appeal as a way to get tough kids off the street, youth boxing programs are struggling to survive as foundations favor programs whose success is easier to measure.


The Principal Is New. The School Is Closing.

By Helen Zelon
With new boss Dennis Walcott, the city school system gets a new chance to improve relations with parents and teachers. But there'll be no second chance for Robeson High in Bed-Stuy. What does that mean for students?


Immigrant Youth Get Politically Active, Spurred By Proposed Law

By Kristofer Ríos
Even as speculation mounts that Democrats will retrench in the face of historic Republican gains in the House, some immigrant youth plan to continue demanding greater rights.


Hasidic Rapper Promotes Racial Harmony In Crown Heights

By Chris Giblin
DeScribe is not the world's first or most famous Hassidic rapper, but he is looking to obtain a higher level of recognition for his positive sound.


Tough Love In The Big City

By E.R. Shipp
Kids in New York have often had a lot to fear. So how’d we end up afraid of them?


When Your Dad's Behind Bars

By Patrick Egan
To one boy in Bed-Stuy, a program for children of the incarcerated makes a difference.


Becoming a Deejay, Leaving the P-J's

By Curtis Stephen
Life is tough in the projects and on the streets, but leavened with music and friendship in this crop of new city books.


Policing In Bed-Stuy: Racial Inequities Persist

By By Coriel Gaffney
A neighborhood resident says current crime-fighting strategies that largely rely on police rookies inflame racial tensions.


The Forty Years War

By Jarrett Murphy
The 'war on drugs' continues as ever, though you might not hear much about it anymore. The new issue of CLI looks at its advances and setbacks -- and who's caught in the conflict today.


A Nurturing Network Grows In Bushwick

By Nekoro Gomes
Amid a citywide plan to support a new model for child welfare, a foster parent serves as a recruiter and role model in her neighborhood.
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