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Jan 2017

Nonprofit Art School Helps Youth Thrive in Skid Row, Los Angeles

Text and Photos by Sean Myers LOS ANGELES — Nestled among nondescript warehouses and infamous streets, Inner-City Arts in downtown Los Angeles’ Skid Row is an oasis for artistic growth and self-exploration that serves more than 8,000 students […]

Art school Inner City Arts: Students sit at tables and paint glaze on handmade pieces in one of two ceramics studios. — Students paint glaze on handmade pieces in one of Inner-City Arts’ two ceramics studios. For many of them, it’s their first time learning about ceramics, touching clay and expressing themselves in a three dimensional form.
Photo: Sean Myers
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Art school Inner City Arts: Eight pottery wheels line a glass window. — Eight pottery wheels line a large glass window that over look the school’s gardens.
Photo: Sean Myers
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Art school Inner City Arts: Art studio shelves and tables are lit by an orange glow cast by a large skylight that has orange walls. — A dramatic skylight with bright orange walls casts an orange hue throughout the space
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Art school Inner City Arts: Students sitting in a large circle play drums as a group inside a music studio at Inner-City Arts. — Students play drums as a group inside a music studio at Inner-City Arts, putting students in the present moment like the arts. Students slow down and really engage in the flow of their work.
Photo: Sean Myers
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Art school Inner City Arts: Students gather around a computer to review a project they created during class in the digital lab. — Students gather around a computer to review a project they created during class in the digital lab.
Photo: Sean Myers
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Nov 2016

Young People Protest U.S. Election in New York, Washington, Nationwide

Text by Karen Savage | Photos by Devin Khan NEW YORK — Chants of “not my president” and “love trumps hate” filled the air as thousands of young people stood shoulder to shoulder Wednesday night, filling […]

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Jul 2016

Violence by Police, Against Police Risks Tearing Country Further Apart

Text by Daryl Khan | Photos by Karen Savage and Marco Poggio NEW YORK — Gavin Long was not among the peaceful crowds on July 10, the week before he savagely murdered three Baton Rouge […]

Police Violence: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. July 8, 2016. Young activists at the Radical Arts and Healing Collective in New Orleans prepare a banner portraying Alton Sterling, an African American Baton Rouge resident killed by police officers on July 5, 2016. — NEW ORLEANS, July 8, 2016: Young activists at the Radical Arts and Healing Collective in New Orleans prepare a banner portraying Alton Sterling, an African American Baton Rouge resident killed by police officers on July 5, 2016.
Photo: Marco Poggio
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NEW ORLEANS, July 8, 2016: Hundreds of people gathered at Confederate General Robert E. Lee Circle to call for an end to police brutality in the wake of the killings of Eric Harris, Victor White, Alton Sterling and other individuals.
Photo: Marco Poggio
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BATON ROUGE, July 9, 2016: Young protester standing near Airline Highway in front of the police headquarters.
Photo: Marco Poggio
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BATON ROUGE, July 9, 2016: Young protesters in front of the Baton Rouge Police Department headquarters.
Photo: Marco Poggio
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BATON ROUGE, July 9, 2016: A protester confronts a sheriff’s deputy in riot gear during a standoff near Airline Highway. Protesters are calling for justice for Alton Sterling, who was killed by Baton Rouge police on July 5.
Photo: Marco Poggio
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BATON ROUGE, July 9, 2016: A moment of collective prayer during a protest against police brutality in Baton Rouge. Protesters took the street to denounce the killing of Baton Rouge resident Alton Sterling and other individuals across the country.
Photo: Marco Poggio
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BATON ROUGE, July 10, 2016: Heavily armed law enforcement agents press through peaceful protesters. About 185 people who took to the streets tprotesting the killing of Alton Sterling were arrested between July 8 and July 10.
Photo: Marco Poggio
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BATON ROUGE, July 11, 2016.: Graffiti on a building near the place where Alton Sterling was killed in the early hours of July 5, 2016.
Photo: Marco Poggio
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BATON ROUGE, July 10, 2016: Heavily armed police attempt to disperse the crowd at a protest. Protesters are calling for justice for Alton Sterling, who was killed by Baton Rouge police on July 5.
Photo: Karen Savage
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BATON ROUGE, July 10, 2016: Heavily armed police arrest a peaceful protester at a protest. Protesters are calling for justice for Alton Sterling, who was killed by Baton Rouge police on July 5.
Photo: Karen Savage
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BATON ROUGE, July 10, 2016: Police follow protesters through Baton Rouge’s Beauregard Town neighborhood. Protesters are calling for justice for Alton Sterling, who was killed by Baton Rouge police on July 5.
Photo: Karen Savage
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BATON ROUGE, July 10, 2016: A photographer with his hands up moves away from police during a protest. Protesters are calling for justice for Alton Sterling, who was killed by Baton Rouge police on July 5.
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BATON ROUGE, July 10, 2016: Peaceful protesters holding signs and taking pictures in Baton Rouge. Protesters are calling for justice for Alton Sterling, who was killed by Baton Rouge police on July 5.
Photo: Karen Savage
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BATON ROUGE, July 9, 2016: A Baton Rouge police officer pointing a long gun at a JJIE reporter during a protest on Airline Highway on the night of July 9.
Photo: Karen Savage
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BATON ROUGE, July 9, 2016: A Baton Rouge police officer who pointed a gun at protesters and reporters was back on the street less than 24 hours later at a protest in the Beauregard Town neighborhood.
Photo: Karen Savage
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BATON ROUGE July 10, 2016: A woman cries as police carrying assault-style weapons move closer to the crowd at a protest. Protesters are calling for justice for Alton Sterling, who was killed by Baton Rouge police just after midnight on July 5.
Photo: Karen Savage
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BATON ROUGE, July 10, 2016: An arrested woman is loaded into a police van seen beyond the feet of reporter Karen Savage, who was arrested at a protest in Baton Rouge. Protesters are calling for justice for Alton Sterling, who was killed by Baton Rouge police just after midnight on July 5.
Photo: Karen Savage
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Sep 2015

Searching for a Solution Where ‘Fear and Weapons Meet’

Text and Photos by Rebecca White NEW YORK — “And I soon gathered that being perceived as dangerous is a hazard in itself. I only needed to turn a corner into a dicey situation, or […]

Brownsville Youth Court, Brooklyn, New York.: Project Reset — Brownsville Youth Court, Brooklyn, New York.
Photo: Rebecca White
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Brownsville Youth Court, Brooklyn, New York.
Photo: Rebecca White
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Jun 2015

Broken Promises, Broken Lives

Text by Daryl Khan | Photos by Robert Stolarik The mostly black electorate of Baltimore elected a white candidate to be the next mayor in 1999. My editor at The Boston Globe asked me to […]

Baltimore Protests 2015 April & May — APRIL 28, 2015-BALTIMORE MD-USA- Large number of protesters were out in the streets Tuesday night to protest the death of Freddie Gray, who was killed while in police custody one day after his funeral. Minutes after the police made an announcement for the 10 p.m. curfew police began firing tear gas canisters at members of the media and protesters.
Photo: Robert Stolarik for The New York Times
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Dec 2014

A Tale of Two Cities

Text by Daryl Khan | Photos by Robert Stolarik “Government must focus on the needs of families, must be the protector of neighborhoods and must guard the people from the enormous power of monied interests. […]

NYPD officers Ramos & Liu killed during protests over Eric Garner case verdict — Brooklyn, New York, Dec. 21, 2014: A wall referring to the shooting of Michael Brown on a doorway of a building along Myrtle Avenue, the route the killer took toy get the subway after shooting the two officers.
Photo: Robert Stolarik for The New York Times
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Dec 2014

Young, LGBTQ and Homeless

Text and Photos by Patricia Chourio Mick was 17 when his parents kicked him out of their Minneapolis house for being gay. He spent months couch surfing and sleeping in homeless shelters. Shortly after, he […]

Young, LGBTQ & Homeless — Photo: Patricia Chourio
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Oct 2014

Homeless After Class

Text and Photos by Patricia Chourio The third week of the semester at Kennesaw State University, while many students were concerned about parking or trying to avoid long lines to get their books, Jalyn was […]

Photo: Patricia Chourio
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Sep 2014

‘Shell Shocked’ Documents Violence in New Orleans

Text by Ellen Kennerly | Photos by Kara Khan It’s easier to get a gun than a textbook in New Orleans, America’s murder capital. ‘Shell-Shocked’ — a movie filled with violence, death and schoolroom chaos […]

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Aug 2014

A Funeral in Ferguson

Text by James Pound | Photos by Robert Stolarik A calm returns to Ferguson as the city quietly seeks answers and mourns the loss of Michael Brown, the unarmed teen that was shot and killed […]

AUGUST 25, 2014-ST LOUIS, MO-USA: Lesley McSpadden walks into the Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church before the services for her son, Michael Brown who was shot and killed by police on August 9, 2014.(Robert Stolarik for The New York Times)

AUGUST 25, 2014-ST LOUIS, MO-USA: Members of the community outside the Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church during the funeral services for Michael Brown who was shot and killed by police on August 9, 2014.(Robert Stolarik for The New York Times)

AUGUST 25, 2014-ST LOUIS, MO-USA: The casket of Michael Brown, the unarmed teen that was shot and killed by police in Ferguson Missouri August 9, 2014 arrives by a horse drawn carriage at the St Peter’s Cemetery Monday afternoon..(Robert Stolarik for The New York Times)

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Aug 2014

In the Line of Chicago Fire

Text by Katy McCarthy | Photos by Daniel Shea A while back I sat down to listen to a radio special on Chicago public schools and was blown away by what I heard. In a […]

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Jul 2014

Youth Locked In: Portraits Inside Rhode Island Training School

Text by Katy McCarthy | Photos by AS220 Students, Rhode Island Training School I suppose the primary difference between a bedroom and a cell is the side of the door the lock is on … […]

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Jun 2014

West Harlem Gang Raid

Text by Daryl Khan | Photos by Robert Stolarik NEW YORK — Whenever LaQuint Singleton found himself about to get into a fight out in the courtyards or in the small playground in front of […]

JUNE 4, 2014-NEW YORK, NY-USA: Members of the NYPD Gang Division raid the Manhattanville Houses and the Grant Houses early Wednesday morning holding warrants for more than 100 gang members wanted in connection for murder, and other gang related offenses. Members of the NYPD apprehend hang members at the Grant Houses early Wednesday morning. (Robert Stolarik for the New York Times)

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May 2014

Police Brutality in the Bronx

Text by Daryl Khan | Photos by Robert Stolarik UPDATE: ‘Prominent Lawyer Takes Case of Bronx Boy Allegedly Pushed Through Window by Police’ NEW YORK — The 14-year-old boy sat on the stoop of Hookah […]

Javier Payne and his family joined Rev. Al Sharpton at the national Action Headquarters in Harlem on May 24, 2014 to call for swift justice in the recent incident involving the NYPD. (Robert Stolarik for JJIE) — Rev. Al Sharpton at the national Action Headquarters in Harlem on May 24, 2014 calling for swift justice in the recent incident involving the NYPD allegedly pushing 14-year-old Javier Payne through a plate glass window. (Robert Stolarik for JJIE)

City Council Member Ritchie Torres who represents the district where Javier Payne was allegedly pushed through a glass window by the NYPD at his offices in the Bronx on May 24, 2014. (Robert Stolarik for JJIE)

The scene outside the Hookah Spot in the Bronx on May 24, 2014, nearly one week after 14-year-old Javier Payne was allegedly pushed through the storefront glass window while in custody of the NYPD. A window washer cleaned the windows of the shop. (Robert Stolarik for JJIE)

The emergency room entrance at Jacobi Medical Center where Javier Payne was brought in after allegedly being pushed through a plate glass window by members of the NYPD. (Robert Stolarik for JJIE)

Outside the 48th Precinct in the Bronx on May 21, 2014, where the officers who allegedly pushed Javier Payne through a plate glass window are stationed. (Robert Stolarik for JJIE)

Constance Malcolm in the Bronx on May 21, 2014 outside the home where her son Ramarley Graham was killed by members of the NYPD in February 2012. (Robert Stolarik for JJIE)

Teachers and students leaving Public School 22 on on May 21, 2014 in the Bronx where Javier Payne attends the 8th grade. (Robert Stolarik for JJIE)

A weathered sign outside Public School 22 on May 21, 2014 in the Bronx where Javier Payne attends the 8th grade. (Robert Stolarik for JJIE)

Yoseluis Montero a friend of Javier Payne leaving Public School 22 on May 21, 2014 in the Bronx where Payne attends the 8th grade. (Robert Stolarik for JJIE)

A young girl is handcuffed and place under arrest on May 21, 2014 outside Public School 22 Wednesday afternoon in the Bronx where Javier Payne attends the 8th grade. (Robert Stolarik for JJIE)

The blood stained sidewalk on May 18, 2014 outside the Hookah Spot on Arthur Avenue in the Bronx where 14-year-old Javier Payne was allegedly pushed through a glass window by police from the 45th precinct while he was handcuffed. (Robert Stolarik for JJIE)

A police car flew past the Edenwald Houses in the North Bronx on May 17 2014. (Robert Stolarik for JJIE)

Members of the NYPD stopped vehicles along White Plains Road on May 17, 2014 in the North Bronx, where there has been a recent surge in gun violence.(Robert Stolarik for JJIE)

Police cars parked outside PSA 8 at the Edenwald Houses in the confines of the 47th Precinct in the North Bronx on May 17, 2014. (Robert Stolarik for JJIE.)

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May 2014

Bringing Hope and a Camera to Haitian Kids

Text by Katy McCarthy | Photos by Project HOPE Art Youth Participants After finishing up a gardening project in November 2010 in New Orleans’ 9th ward, Melissa Schilling, a photographer with a master’s degree in […]

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Apr 2014

REFLECT: Convicts’ Letters to Their Younger Selves

Text by Katy McCarthy | Photos by Trent Bell Early in 2013, photographer Trent Bell found out that a friend — a father and professional — had been sentenced to 36 years in prison. It […]

Convlict's Letters to Their Younger Selves — Photo: Trent Bell
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Apr 2014

The Courts at “Portland’s Projects”

Text by Katy McCarthy | Photos by Elicia Epstein Remember how good it felt to be young with a ball clasped in your hands? How cool it felt to be in the center, shouted at […]

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Apr 2014

Stories of LGBTQ Youth from the Big Easy

Text by Meral Agish | Photos by Kara Khan and Meral Agish NEW YORK — A woman pulls out a letter she has written to her younger self and dedicated to her daughter. The advice is […]

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Mar 2014

Execution of a 14-Year-Old

Text by Corey Hutchins | Photos by Sean Rayford This story was also published by the Center for Public Integrity. ALCOLU, S.C.– A few miles off I-95, past acres of brown-and-white fields where blackbirds circle overhead, […]

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Mar 2014

Battling Meth: A Mother’s Road to Recovery

Collaborative Project by Shaddi Abusaid, Daniela Duron, Elizabeth Keener, Roger Newton and Lindsay Walker Lindsay Curio sits on the porch of her family’s trailer. It’s a crisp, cool November morning, and the leaves on the […]

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Mar 2014

The Walls Come Crumbling Down

Text by Katy McCarthy | Photos by Andrew Wilkinson It was difficult enough to harness my limited focus in High School with sturdy walls around me. I did my learning at New Technology High, a […]

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Feb 2014

The Anonymous People

Text by Daryl Khan | Photos by Robert Stolarik EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — On a recent grey Saturday morning, a quiet fell over the sparse audience seated in a vocational school assembly hall as Kimberly […]

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Feb 2014

The Kids for Cash Scandal

Text by Daryl Khan | Photos by Robert Stolarik WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — After a few beers one evening in the mid-1960s, Mark Ciavarella, in high school at the time and applying the kind of inexplicable […]

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Feb 2014

Hurting in Harlem

Text by Daryl Khan | Photos by Robert Stolarik The killing of 18-year-old Tayshana Murphy on an early morning in 2011 has led to a series of retaliatory beatings, stabbings and shootings between the Manhattanville […]

Taylonn Murphy, father of the slain Tayshana Murphy, with Naquan Brockington, the brother of Tayshana’s killer. The two have been trying to show solidarity in the hope it will end the violence in the community.

Taylonn Murphy stands at the site at the Grant Houses where his daughter Tayshana Murphy was shot and killed in 2011.

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Jan 2014

White House Boys

Text by James Swift | Photos by Daniel LeClair MARIANNA, Fla. — The Florida School for Boys housed kids for six decades before Michael Tucker was sent there. An “incorrigible youth,” Tucker arrived at the […]

Michael Tucker was sent to the Florida School for Boys in 1960 when he was 16 years old. There, Tucker received three severe beatings, he says, one of which left him hospitalized for five days.

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Dec 2013

Sandy Hook One Year Later

Text by Daryl Khan | Photos by Robert Stolarik NEWTOWN, Conn. — Nearly one year after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the town has struggled to reclaim its identity as a quaint New […]

NEWTOWN, Conn., — Nearly one year after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the town has struggled to reclaim its identity as a quaint New England town. A “Welcome to Sandy Hook” sign of angels hung along highway 34. Photo: Robert Stolarik.

NEWTOWN, Conn., — A stairway leading to a stream in downtown Newtown.

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Dec 2013

In and Out of the Boxing Ring, Two Men Confront Very Different Demons

Text by Daryl Khan | Photos by Robert Stolarik On a bitterly cold winter January morning in 2008, Adam Friedman and Alvin Valentine, friends and co-workers, climbed into a Brooklyn boxing ring and proceeded to […]

Boxing & Battling Demons — Adam Friedman celebrates his 40th birthday by going in the ring with his colleague Alvin Valentine a former Golden Gloves boxer at Gleason’s Gym in Dumbo Brooklyn. Adam Friedman and Alvin Valentine come from two entirely different worlds yet they have found a common ground working for Exodus Transitional Community. The non-profit organization help ex-convicts get their life on track.
Photo: Robert Stolarik for The New York Times
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Nov 2013

Young Incarcerated Photographers Make Magic in Photos

Text by Katy McCarthy | Photos by AS 220 Participants How do you make magic in a place where there is none? In Rhode Island, a photography program inside of a youth detention center is […]

Incarcerated youth's digital photo art — Photo: AS 220 Participant
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Oct 2013

From Russia & Ukraine, Police & the Young They Brutalize

Text by Katy McCarthy | Photos by Donald Weber I have made the most miserable flipbook. Using the arrow keys on my computer, I am clicking through three images of a young woman being interrogated. […]

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Oct 2013

In ‘Vernon’s World,’ a Young Photographer Documents the Life of a Homeless Teenager

Text by Gwen McClure | Photos by Sam Wilson Unaccustomed to the cold, hard floor in his spot next to the door of the public bathrooms in Trenton, Missouri, Sam Wilson, 22, slept badly. In […]