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Formerly incarcerated father: Programs, not federal police, are what DC needs
By Sreehitha Gandluri and Jayne O'Donnell November 20, 2025 Youthcast Media Group® By his mid-20s, Ivan Taylor had been shot, stabbed, lost his best friend to gun violence and graduated from juvenile detention to prison for selling drugs that he used to treat his undiagnosed mental health disorder. Taylor’s story is one of how guns and drugs took hold of Washington, D.C. in the 1980s and ‘90s, undoing what little progress had been made against structural racism in the nation
Sep 227 min read
Youth in U.S., uniquely burdened by the threat of gun violence, are pushed to action
December 23, 2024 By Kaila Hu, Gianna Michel, Angel Treviño and Isra Yousif Youthcast Media Group® This story was published on the Black...
Dec 23, 20247 min read
Gun violence impacts the mental health of big city teens
December 23, 2024 By Ginger Roger Ceballos, Michelle Flores, Genevieve Jennings and Giana Newball Youthcast Media Group® This story was...
Dec 23, 20246 min read
Philadelphia’s Gun Violence Down, but fear remains among youth
December 21, 2024 By Zahiya Daniels, Kayla Nguyen, Ericka Otero and Natalie Spina Youthcast Media Group® Beautiful Tashya Vinson, an 11th...
Dec 21, 20245 min read
Breaking The Stigma: An Open Conversation about Grief and Mental Health in Philadelphia with Dominque Wallace
October 31, 2024 By Zahiya Daniels and Nichole Christian Youthcast Media Group® This story was published on Mindsite News's online...
Oct 31, 20246 min read
Lifelong friends Larry Owens and Donald Shakir use art to handle life after prison
By Aileen Delgado Youthcast Media Group® This story ran in Black News & Voices with the National Association of Black Journalists online...
Jul 5, 20223 min read
Amid toll of COVID-19, violence compounds grief for families of homicide victims
By Radiah Jamil, Kayla Johnson and Diamond Thomas-Dean Youthcast Media Group® This story was also published in The Philadelphia Tribune ...
Jun 7, 20215 min read
Surviving trauma: Even years later, trauma from Parkland shooting translates to action
By Michelle Mairena January 4, 2021 Youthcast Media Group ® MIAMI — It was Logan Rubenstein’s first week of freshman year at Marjory...
Jan 4, 20215 min read
Baltimore program seeks to interrupt violence
By Marquart Doty and Berri Wilmore June 1, 2017 Youthcast Media Group ® “We have to provide a safe place, where someone can feel...
Jun 1, 20174 min read
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