Nation Jul 22 Watch Gang ‘Killing Fields’ Become Site of Safe Parties for Families in Los Angeles Gang 'Killing Fields' Become Site of Safe Parties for Families in Los Angeles…
World May 14 Watch Kidnapping Can Be a Family Affair in Mexico’s Drug War Since 2006, an estimated 50,000 people have died in drug- and gang-related violence in Mexico -- 49 of whom were found this weekend without heads, hands or feet outside Monterrey. Ray Suarez discusses the latest brutality with Alejandro Junco, owner…
Mar 16 Watch From High School Dropout to Harvard University Grad Student This is the story of Daniel Paris, a Harvard grad student with learning disabilities.
Education Feb 01 Watch Gang Member-Turned-Ph.D. Mentors Youth on the Fringes Victor Rios says he has lived two lifetimes. In his first, he was a gang member, juvenile delinquent and high school dropout. Now, he's a sociology professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, who tries to help adolescents avoid…
Feb 01 Watch Gang Member-Turned-Ph.D. Mentors Youth on the Fringes One Man's Journey From Gang Member to Academia… Continue watching
Feb 01 One Man’s Journey From Gang Member to Academia Victor Rios says he has lived two lifetimes. In his first, he was a gang member, juvenile delinquent and high school dropout. Today, he's a sociology professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, who studies at-risk youth. Continue reading
Dec 01 Watch For ‘Soldiers’ in Mexico’s Drug War, ‘More Murders Than They Can Count’ The death toll continues to mount in Mexico's drug war. Hari Sreenivasan and Ioan Grillo of GlobalPost discuss his new book "El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency," an account of his more than 10 years investigating the country's criminal cartels. Continue watching
Sep 22 Watch News Wrap: Zelaya’s Return to Honduras Leads to Embassy Standoff In other news, deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya remained holed up at the Brazilian embassy, and the Los Angeles Police Department cracked down on gangs in a massive sweep. Continue watching
Mar 23 Watch Glut of Foreclosed Homes Encourages Scams, Desperation With the national foreclosure rate still climbing, some chose to live in foreclosed homes while others have been the victims of "rent skimmers," people who pretend to own a foreclosed property and scam tenants out of thousands of dollars in… Continue watching