Youth

A poverty-fighting nonprofit presented its stellar outcomes at The Citizen’s Ideas We Should Steal Festival. Now it’s launching in Philly

GROW Academy, started by a local financial planner, is helping entrepreneurial teens manage their money and launch the careers they dream about

The Kensington preacher offers local kids a safe haven and a path to hope through boxing and prayer. His 14th annual “Rock the Block” party is on Saturday

The MSNBC host speaks with the actor and author of The Best At It, a middle-grades coming-of-age novel

A Philly native and former media bad boy-turned-recovery writer on a classic TV-inspired lesson in humanity

This nonprofit brings out the creative writer in school-age students in Philly and beyond. In a city with an abysmal literacy rate, these efforts are paying off.

The latest installment in our partnership with Character Lab, co-founded by MacArthur Award-winner Angela Duckworth, highlights a study that found one solution to encouraging kids to eat healthy foods. Could the secret to positive decision-making at the dinner table — and beyond — lie in human connection?

A Northeast Philly native is transforming how the world treats people with disabilities, one goofy YouTube interview at a time.

A long-time university president, who has presided over countless commencements, reflects on upholding and changing traditions

The latest installment in our partnership with Penn's Character Lab, co-founded by MacArthur Award-winner Angela Duckworth, makes the case that thinking about tomorrow more vividly may lead young adults to choose more wisely today