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New York Theater Stages ‘Antigone in Ferguson’
Video Credits: Produced/edited by Niamh McDonnell and Michael Tashji NEW YORK — The Greek play “Antigone” tells the story of a defiant woman sentenced to death by a king who refuses to practice mercy....
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Brooklyn Students, NYPD Work Together on Their Neighborhoods
NEW YORK — Dana Rachlin and other activists around juvenile justice have been waiting a long time for the city to limit police involvement in the schools. Last month the city announced New York Police...
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Homeless and Queer: A Vampire in Brooklyn
Faith Alastair’s experience with homelessness is the first of three stories on LGBTQ homeless youth as reported by the JJIE’s New York City Bureau. They use gender-neutral pronouns. NEW YORK — One...
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A New York Trans Woman’s Journey: Trauma, Homelessness, Survival Sex Work
Ael Ericha Loetterle’s experience with homelessness is the second of three stories on queer homeless youth as reported by the JJIE’s New York City Bureau. She goes by female pronouns she/her. NEW YORK...
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Abusive Childhood, Then Foster Care Led to Young Man’s Homelessness
Matthew “Fire” Mishefski’s experience with homelessness is the last of three stories on LGBTQ homeless youth as reported by the JJIE’s New York City Bureau. He uses the pronouns he/him. NEW YORK —...
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Heyward Family Celebration Goes On Without Father and Son For First Time
NEW YORK CITY — At first glance, Saturday’s Remembrance Day for Nicholas Heyward Jr. seemed like the kind of late summer party that is so ubiquitous in Brooklyn’s housing projects, one last bash...
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Teens Learn Life Skills Training Therapy Dogs
NEW YORK — New York City teenagers who have been in trouble with the law are receiving help from some unlikely allies this summer — dogs. Rising Ground, a human services organization, is using therapy...
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NEW YORK — Reporter, photographer and videographer Clarissa Sosin has covered many events by now that center on families who have lost someone. Often those loved ones have been killed by a member of...
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Trans Woman Who Died at Rikers Created Chain Reaction of Kindness, Friends Say
NEW YORK — The first time Christina Vengerovsky met Layleen Cubilette-Polanco was on Christopher Street in the summer of 2010. Her friends had been talking about a girl in a yellow dress, saying there...
View ArticleHomeless and Queer New Yorkers: Through the Lens
NEW YORK — The New York City bureau for the Center for Sustainable Journalism has extensively reported on queer homeless youth. Reporters and photographers Niamh McDonnell and Michael Tashji have sat...
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Rikers: Island of Harm Reduction in State of ‘Forced Detox’
Waiting to be taken to Dutchess County Jail for the last time, Matthew Herring knew from experience he needed something that would ease the pain to come. The 24-year-old from Fishkill, N.Y.,...
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NYPD Fingerprint Database Just Part of ‘Big Data’ That Needs Oversight,...
NEW YORK — Josmar Trujillo knows New York Police Department databases — facial recognition, DNA and, his crusade, the gang database. However, the database of juvenile fingerprints — illegally...
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New York Activists, Academics Urge End to Gang Database
NEW YORK — Taylonn Murphy’s phone chimed steadily as he addressed reporters gathered in a boardroom Thursday. His friends were concerned. The previous night, Tessa Majors, an 18-year-old freshman at...
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Opponents of Raise the Age in New York Speak Out About Tessa Majors Murder
NEW YORK — In 1978, a 15-year-old boy named Willie Bosket shot and killed two men in separate incidents, both of which involved robberies. Bosket pleaded guilty to both murders and was sentenced to...
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Tessa Majors Case Shows Justice System Is About ‘Retribution,’ Expert Says
NEW YORK — The impact of the Tessa Majors case could shape juvenile justice policy nationally, said the director of the Research and Evaluation Center at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. “It’s...
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Hub of Heroin: Portraits of a Teen, an Addict and a ‘Mayor’ Amid South Bronx...
NEW YORK — Chloe Rodriguez gazes down the sidewalk on East 150th Street. It’s dusk and she has shed her school uniform for a black hoodie. Her night shift, as a receptionist at the clergy office in...
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Controversial Baton Rouge Police Shooting Case Slated to Go Before Grand Jury
BATON ROUGE, La. — Initially former Baton Rouge Police Officer Yuseff Hamadeh was considered a hero for killing a suspect during a traffic stop. Now, he might end up behind bars. Hamadeh, who resigned...
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Meet ‘Firefighter’ in Middle of New York Hospital’s War Against Gun Violence
NEW YORK — On one Thursday in March, James Dobbins was towering over a group of teen boys as they all headed to a community board meeting in the South Bronx. Dobbins is the assistant director of Guns...
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Youth Homeless Providers Call on New York City Officials For Plan
UPDATE: A young man staying in a Sheltering Arms youth shelter tested positive for COVID-19 Monday. The Chronicle of Social Change reported that he had been isolated. The Coalition for Homeless Youth...
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Connecticut Advocates Urge Release of Juveniles, Other COVID-19 Safety Steps
A coalition of juvenile justice advocates in Connecticut are calling on state leadership to take action to protect juveniles currently held in detention from the COVID-19 pandemic before it is too...
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