NYC School Cops Are Putting Kids on the Fast Route to Prison
Leave your thoughtsIt’s a bit of an urban myth that summer is the time for teenagers to get in trouble: They are…
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A Mover and Shaker for Youths Rights
Leave your thoughtsCheyanne Smith stood in front of the City Council in August to say that New York City schools treated students…
When High School Students Are Treated Like Prisoners
Leave your thoughtsAs students in New York City return to school for the fall, a coalition of youth and legal advocacy groups,…
Breaking: New Yorkers Win NYPD Oversight and Stop Discriminatory Policing
Leave your thoughtsToday, the New York City Council voted to override Mayor Bloomberg’s veto and uphold the Community Safety Act. With this move,…
NYC Public High Schools disciplinary code frustrates parents and students
Leave your thoughtsMore than 100 members of the Dignity in Schools Campaign-New York (DSC-NY), a coalition of students, parents, teachers and education…
Young Immigrants Line Up To Avoid Deportation
Leave your thoughtsDindy Keita flew across the Atlantic by herself when she was seven. While she went to join her parents in…
When “Stop and Frisk” Becomes “Stop and Hurt”
Leave your thoughtsIt’s troubling enough to know that almost 700,000 New Yorkers — overwhelmingly black and Hispanic men — were targeted for…
Teen Mom in First Class of CUNY’s New Community College
Leave your thoughtsBUSHWICK — In her burgundy cap and gown, Ayana Rosado (amember of Make The Road New York) will cross the…
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MRNY Confronts NYPDs Discriminatory Stop & Frisk Policing [Video]
Leave your thoughtsMRNY members are elevating the citywide struggle to end the NYPD’s harmful and discriminatory Stop & Frisk policies. This week,…