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Gangs in Garden City: How Immigration, Segregation, and Youth Violence are Changing America’s Suburbs

For the past five years, journalist Sarah Garland has followed the lives of current and former gang members living in Hempstead on the border of Garden City, Long Island. Affiliated with Mara Salvatrucha and 18th Street, their troubling personal stories expose the cruel realities of segregation, racial income gaps, and poverty that lie hidden behind suburban white picket fences.As Garland travels from Los Angeles to El Salvador and back to the East Coast, she reveal… More >>

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White with centered gold tennis crest and gold shoulder tabs…. More >>

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Youth Quotes Packed With Timeless Wisdom

Teenage Risk Taking

Adolescence is really a time of so many changes. And one of those is that teenagers are seeking to identify who they are as an individual. And a part of that process involves risk taking.

So, the first thing we need to realize is that risk taking is normal at that stage. However, risk taking can be positive such as trying out new sports or creative activities. Or they may be negative and these are the ones we see, notice and really worry about.

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