Youth

As her Mastery-Shoemaker principal attests, the high schooler benched from basketball because of her hijab is a freedom fighter for our times

Philly’s Poet Laureate invites the city of many to celebrate the many in the city

An innovative Juvenile Justice Hub proposed by two Philly cops is a finalist for a Bloomberg Philanthropies grant. It’s time, they say, for smarter policing

A Penn student’s program for African immigrant children explores what it means to have a home in two worlds—and what language to say it in

The teen famous for serenading the Pope debuts his new voice for a charity fundraiser on New Years Eve

Hopeworks, a Camden nonprofit that helps at-risk youth, is so successful, it’s facing an identity crisis. Should it expand into other cities or teach others how to do what it does?

Cafe owner Lisa Miccolis is nominated for a Mayor’s Philly Hero award for her work with young adults who’ve aged out of foster care

Philly leads the nation in a dubious category: juvenile life without parole. Does it need to be this way?

In this Solution of the Day, extreme sport athletes take on all forms of bullying.

An 8th grader at St. Lucy Day School for Children with Visual Impairments is already more politically active than most Philadelphians