The redevelopment of the Jordan Downs housing project in Watts will more than double its size and is expected to show what decent public housing could be.
More than 30 years ago, a group of Northwestern University medical students started a youth development program with the goal of improving the lives of children living in poverty. New research finds one such program that provided youth with long-term support is associated with reduced poverty in early adult life.
We must grasp the urgency of this moment harnessing every available resource to prevent even one more gun violence tragedy, one more grieving mother, one more lost child.