Why Teens Commit Crime
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by Patrick Harris [gdlr_frame type=”border” align=”left” caption=”Photo Courtesy Imani Khayyam”][gdlr_image_link type=”image” image_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Patrick_Harris_Ik-200×300.jpg” link_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Patrick_Harris_Ik.jpg” alt=””][/gdlr_frame] One week before my mother needed some money for the rent man and bills, my brothers and I made some plans for each one of us to help our mother pay rent. My little brother went to the store, and stole […]
More Than Brimstone and Bullets: Time to Stop Blaming
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At some point or another, a loved one has told you to be careful on ‘that side of town,’ and you begin to wonder what does that even mean. One day, Ryan Perry, a 17-year-old white male, decides to take a solo journey and drives to ‘that side of town.’ What he begins to realize is […]
Solutions to ‘Heartbreaking Violence’: How to Stop the Cycle
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by Maisie Brown and Donna Ladd It was the middle of the summer, and the Westside Early Childhood Development Center was packed with little people. Children were in the halls; they were in the gym; they were in the classrooms. Adults were sprinkled in, directing and teaching curriculum such as Project Read that makes literacy […]