Childhood to Adulthood in Life and Law

A Bloomberg Law investigation found 40 federal civil rights lawsuits since 2017 claiming children and teenagers were strip searched at school without parents knowing – often for vape pens and minor of...

Trump’s unsupported and false assertion of a “crime emergency” in Washington D.C., Chicago, and other progressive cities across the country will decimate communities already besieged by racist and tar...

Trump’s unsupported and false assertion of a “crime emergency” in Washington D.C., Chicago, and other progressive cities across the country will decimate communities already besieged by racist and tar...

Twenty years ago this week, I started my legal career at Juvenile Law Center.

In his book ‘Black Genius,’ Tre Johnson celebrates joy and resilience in New Jersey classrooms, at Solange concerts and amid street festival crowds.

Over recent decades we’ve moved toward a much more effective and humane system to deal with youth crime. Evidence and research, not hyperbole and hysteria, should be guiding today’s debate.

President Trump is aggressively stepping up efforts to deport undocumented immigrants. The new policies sweeping the nation deeply affect and harm our children. Educators should do whatever they can t...

Vincent Warren, Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, talks to Christiane Amanpour about ICE detaining a Turkish graduate student who hasn’t been charged with a crime.

On a daily basis the actions of the new administration threaten our identities and ideals and challenge our faith in the law.

Marsha Levick, a champion of juvenile justice reform is this year’s A. Leon Higginbotham Social Justice Champion of the Year

From what it says to what it means for you.

Reflections on becoming Juvenile Law Center's Chief Executive Officer

In this excerpt from “We Grow the World Together: Parenting Toward Abolition,” co-editor Maya Schenwar names an unexpected source of wisdom: children.

Oakton residents Vicente Zawadzka (left) and his sister, Elena (right), got creative and built a cat sculpture with all the snow from Monday’s storm. Their mother, Anna, told the Fairfax

The Citizen is proud to introduce our annual group of all-stars who are making Philadelphia better — and inspiring us all to do the same.

What trans teens fear about U.S. v. Skrmetti, reported from the steps of the Supreme Court.